When Rentals Are Less Affordable, Is It Time To Buy?

An Apartment List study found that apartment living is simply not affordable anymore. Even in older apartment buildings, the rent is regularly higher than the price of a monthly house payment. Actually, among older rentals, the cost of rent has been increasing the fastest! That is not the way the rental market works in a healthy rental market. 

Right now, the percentage of rentals less than 10 years old in the national market is under 10 percent. A few decades ago, it was nearly a quarter of the market. Most renters are living in older apartments. Homes that are over three decades old make up 66 percent of the rentals. Back in 1980 when the rental market was healthier, rentals over three decades old made up just 41 percent of the rental market. 

When people are paying more in monthly rent costs than they would for a monthly house payment, and the apartments are aging fast, there’s little reason to rent. There is more incentive to buy. Unless the freedom of a rental is needed, buying makes even more sense than it used to in this rental climate.

970 CAPE MARCO DRIVE PH2506
$9,900,000
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
  • 16,893 Sq Ft

970 CAPE MARCO DRIVE PH2506 Marco Island, Florida

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Listing courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty

201 S BEACH DRIVE
$5,600,000
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • 9,332 Sq Ft

201 S BEACH DRIVE Marco Island, Florida

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Listing courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty

6000 ROYAL MARCO WAY PH-K
$1,595,000
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • 2,527 Sq Ft

6000 ROYAL MARCO WAY PH-K Marco Island, Florida

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Listing courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty

1126 BLUE HILL CREEK DRIVE
$399,999
  • 0 Bedrooms
  • 0 Sq Ft
  • 0.670 Acres

1126 BLUE HILL CREEK DRIVE Marco Island, Florida

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Listing courtesy of Premier Sotheby's International Realty

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