renting Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/renting/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 renting Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/renting/ 32 32 150809980 Is My Rent Too High? https://clippingchains.com/2024/04/22/is-my-rent-too-high/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/04/22/is-my-rent-too-high/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10013 In normal times, rent prices, like most everything else, slowly yet surely increase at about 2-3% per year. This is inflation. But in terms of the housing market, these aren’t normal times. In the pandemic era, as demand surged in supply-restricted markets, both sale and rent prices soared, with year-over-year inflation rates at 30% or …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/04/22/is-my-rent-too-high/feed/ 2 10013 The Real Cost of Home Ownership (and a Life Update) https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/10/cost-of-home-ownership-life-update-podcast/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/10/cost-of-home-ownership-life-update-podcast/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9541 In the summer of 2020, we sold our home in Denver, Colorado, where we had lived for seven years. Once all the costs were tallied, we were shocked to see the return on our home ownership investment. Should we have rented instead? Today we revisit this post in light of our recent move. Listen to …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/07/10/cost-of-home-ownership-life-update-podcast/feed/ 0 9541 The Great Transition of the US Housing Market https://clippingchains.com/2023/01/16/what-happened-to-the-housing-market/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/01/16/what-happened-to-the-housing-market/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9149 Since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020, we’ve witnessed an unparalleled explosion of price growth in all forms of housing. Until the peak in June 2022, single family home prices rose 45%. But prospective home owners weren’t the only ones biting their nails. Rents also rose over 15%, peaking in late 2022. The …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/06/06/real-estate-investment-boom-killing-housing-affordability/feed/ 1 8645 Housing Affordability: This Isn’t Normal https://clippingchains.com/2021/07/26/housing-affordability/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/07/26/housing-affordability/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:54:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7480 I want to check back in on a topic near and dear to many: housing affordability. We’ve witnessed soaring real estate prices nationwide, with many cities exceeding a 20% year-over-year growth in sales prices of homes. Is income growth keeping up? For those looking to get into the housing market for the first time, can …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/07/26/housing-affordability/feed/ 4 7480 Relocation: A Guide to Moving and Housing Affordability https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5931 We’re out on the road in search of our next home, our sights set on home ownership once again. In this post we examine the complicated process of relocation and the sticky, tangled spiderweb of housing affordability. Is housing in America becoming less and less affordable? In this post we discuss: Costs to consider during …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/feed/ 8 5931 This Just In: The Real Cost of Home Ownership https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/31/the-real-cost-of-home-ownership/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/31/the-real-cost-of-home-ownership/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:51:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5612 In August, we closed on our home of seven years in Denver, Colorado. And against all odds, with a raging pandemic, unprecedented unemployment, and a very uncertain future, we sealed the deal on an offer far better than we anticipated. In this post I run the final numbers on the economics of our seven years …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/08/31/the-real-cost-of-home-ownership/feed/ 6 5612 Should I Buy a Home? Part 2: Opportunity Cost https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/09/should-i-buy-a-home-part-2-opportunity-cost/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/09/should-i-buy-a-home-part-2-opportunity-cost/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:00:08 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2742 Howdy! Last week on Should I Buy a Home (Part 1), we established that home ownership isn’t really a good “investment.” Make sure you go back and take a gander at that post first. But, when compared to the cost of renting all along, is home ownership still a better long-term financial decision, especially for …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/09/should-i-buy-a-home-part-2-opportunity-cost/feed/ 2 2742 Should I Buy a Home? Part 1 https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/02/should-i-buy-a-home-part-1/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/02/should-i-buy-a-home-part-1/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:00:31 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2687 In the personal finance world, the decision to own a home or rent is a particularly frothy debate. Traditionally, the long-held belief goes something like this: a home is an investment and a path to building wealth. I’m here to put a gentle and understanding hand on your shoulder, but deliver the hard news that …

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