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Home Affordability

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Realistically, I probably won’t be building or ordering my first house online. However, I can definitely see building my own home as a second home purchase option; once I get the hang of buying a first home and home ownership, I’ll feel much more confident in building my own house the next time around.

I love interactive maps and calculators and there’s almost nothing I love watching more than the Rent vs. Buy data from quarter to quarter. Trulia leads the way in collecting this data and offering it in an easy to read interactive, but a great way to get a more personal reflection of whether renting or buying is a better option, or when it will come a better option than renting is through the New York Times Calculator below.