Buying a home may be cheaper than renting
Posted: Jul 5, 2012 11:17 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 4:33 AM EDT
If you're looking for a new place to live, you may want to consider a house.
It looks like it may be cheaper to buy instead of rent. U.S. rents rose an average of more than 5 percent, over the last 12 months.
In some areas, the increase was much higher. San Francisco renters were paying nearly 15 percent more than they did a year earlier.
Analysts say the large number of former homeowners displaced by foreclosure have driven up demand for rental homes and apartments.