https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 18:24:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16721 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:38:59 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 16721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent. Hopefully we will be homeowners in the next 2 years or so, but we're not yet sure that this is the area we will settle down in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16642 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:19:26 +0000 loveisstrange 16642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well.... we technically both rent and own a home. We inherited DH's dad's house a few months ago when he died. It is totally paid off and back in St. Louis waiting for us.</p> <p>We live in the UK and rent here. Even if we wanted to buy, we couldn't afford it. :\ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16589 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:45:12 +0000 plantains 16589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in NYC and we rent. Given the cost of childcare, I don't see us making a purchase for the next 3 years or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16503 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:01:38 +0000 sorrycharlie 16503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent for sure. We can afford for me to stay home for a bit with a baby if we stay here. "Here," is the other side of my ILs duplex - 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 stories with a fenced in back yard and pool for $600/mth. It's unheard of in our area, but ILs gave us a steal both to help us out and to avoid horrible tenants!</p> <p>Within the next 5 years or so we'll likely look to buy. It'll all depend on how DH wants to do commuting to his job..we might make the cross over into MA. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16436 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:41:05 +0000 heffalump 16436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own. Two homes.</p> <p>My husband owned a townhouse before I met him, and then we were stuck with it. But when I got pregnant, we wanted a bigger house, no stairs, fenced in back yard for the dog, all that good stuff. So we bought another house and now we rent out the townhouse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16412 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:44:04 +0000 looch 16412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is so much more meaningful than the starter home cost thread, I think, because the cost of living is so different around the world. We rent, because we knew we were going to relocate and didn't want to be tied down to having to sell a house.</p> <p>Where I live, home ownership is very low. There are families that live their entire lives in a rented apartment and have no desire to own a home. Part of the reason is that homes sell very slowly because there are very few on the market at any given time, the cost of a starter home is very high and that people where I live view a mortgage as a long term risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16383 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:36:30 +0000 Colekbl 16383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought our first house 3 years ago in a quiet neighborhood. 20 days before our wedding we found a foreclosure that we knew would be our forever home. Last year the market was too bad to sell so we've been working on renovating our 4000+ sqft house while living in the mess &amp; renting out our first home for the last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16368 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:03:05 +0000 skibobrown 16368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent a townhouse in the Bay Area. We know we're not going to be living in this area long-term, and on top of that housing prices are ridiculous, so we couldn't even afford to buy if we wanted to. We've been saving aggressively though and will still continue saving at a slower pace once the baby comes b/c we intend to buy a house once we move somewhere where we actually plan to settle down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16366 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:55:25 +0000 lilteacherbee 16366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent because we are young (22/23) and we want to save money first. Our rent is reasonable because we live in a rural area. We just want to wait awhile to figure out exactly where we want to settle down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16363 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:51:21 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 16363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We oen our home. Rent and mortgage prices are pretty much exactly the same here. And we got a great deal on our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16171 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:28:25 +0000 cyneswith 16171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rent. Husband's job is subject to change on a yearly basis, so it makes NO sense to buy until he's in another job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-16162 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:10:55 +0000 Rescuemom10 16162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own. We decided to buy with the market being the way it is and int rates being so LOW. so we jumped right on that. Got a great deal for our 3br, 3ba. 2330sf house on 2.5 acres. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15955 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:56:07 +0000 Dr. Pepper 15955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are renting for now. I just graduated and we just moved here for my job. We have a 1 year lease (just over 6 months left) and plan to buy as soon as we find a place we like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15700 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:23:55 +0000 ALittleP 15700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I own a one-bedroom unit in a cooperative building on the East Coast but we rent here in Seattle - that unit is currently empty but I'll put it back on the rental market soon. We're looking for a single family home here in the 'burbs and will probably buy sometime next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15698 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:18:43 +0000 Boogs 15698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We happily own since it's not necessarily the easiest thing to do in the Bay Area. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15696 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:10:29 +0000 HLK208 15696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own a house. Sometimes I think it was a mistake since it's just so much work to have the responsibility solely on you if anything goes wrong.</p> <p>It's also kind of depressing to think that so much money is required for the down payment, the insurance, taxes, mortgage, bleh!</p> <p>I would have rather waited 6 years, save for the entire cost of the house and pay it up front rather than have a nagging loan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15681 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:41:10 +0000 MsMini 15681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own a home, we bought it 2 years ago when we relocated to a smaller city with way cheaper house prices, which is good because we plan to stay here a few more years. We were lucky enough to move just when the market was in a slump, so we got a good price and awesome interest rate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15675 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:33:04 +0000 mamafroggy 15675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now we are renting an apartment. We have started the initial paperwork for buying a house. So hopefully we will be homeowners in the near future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-15673 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:20:10 +0000 StbHisMrs 15673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent for now. We were actively looking last year with no luck. We're currently in a 3 bdrm 2 ba 1760 sq ft home and it's not big enough. We would prefer 4-5 bedrooms and 2200 sq ft, I doubt we'll find one in our comfortability range any time soon. Dh also wants some acreage and a shop, I better buy a lottety ticket ;)<br /> In Oregon rent is high, but so are home prices.<br /> We have 4 kids in total, that's why we'd prefer a bigger home. Before baby 1700 was perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-4238 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:25:45 +0000 tessabella76 4238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own. But at 800 sq ft, we will quickly grow out of our home once we have children. We've started looking at bigger homes (especially with lower interest rates we can get more house for about the same monthly pmt) but we are very picky about what we want-a home out in the country with some land and lots of trees, bigger but not too big. We live on a small lake and we would love to stay here but most of the homes around the lake are very small with little room for expansion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home/page/2#post-4229 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:22:20 +0000 PBandBaseball 4229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own a house in the Atlanta suburbs. Our mortgage for a 3,000 sq ft house is the same as rent for a 2 bedroom apartment, so it was an easy decision. We have some work to do on the house but we've got time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-4206 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:28:54 +0000 joyjoy 4206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own a condo. We bought in 2007 when prices were still crazy high (we're in the SF Bay Area), so we'll be here for a while. :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-4194 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:20:16 +0000 Artsy Butterfly 4194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent, but hope to own within the next couple of years. We have thought about getting a bigger place to rent, but the rent prices around here are crazy because of the college/university and it would make more sense to put the extra money into savings for a down payment. I really cannot wait until we buy a place though...I am so tired of renting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-4107 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:13:22 +0000 Pepper 4107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own. We've owned our townhouse since 2007, and we're going to be ready to move into a larger home next spring. </p> <p>We're fortunate to live in an area with an affordable cost of living, so buying a house made the most sense. Home rentals in our area are as much, if not more, than our mortgage payment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3980 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:49:20 +0000 vickyness 3980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own... but housing here in the Bay Area (Peninsula) are outrageously high! We crossed our fingers and bought with the intention of it being an investment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3968 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:32:29 +0000 PitBulLover 3968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent. I always thought I would own by the time I was married, but that isn't the case. Now I'm hoping we own by the time we have our first child, but I'm okay if that doesn't end up happening either. DC area is just too pricey to buy right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3966 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:30:28 +0000 dcrumlish29 3966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own and it never actually crossed my mind to rent. Better investment, I think, plus renting is just as expensive as our mortgage payment. We bought when Obama was giving out the tax credit, so that definitely helped with home improvements. The house we can grow in, but I'm not sure I want live here forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3956 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:22:54 +0000 reggie 3956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we own. but i wish we didn't. our mortgage payment is pretty much double what we would pay for rent. because of that, we have to sacrifice other things... like vacations </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3950 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:16:10 +0000 sandsandmore 3950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both. We built a house out in the mountains, a home to be our 'forever' home, but it's 2 hours away from our jobs. So we rent in the city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-own-or-rent-your-home#post-3940 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:11 +0000 filly 3940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We own a town home. We just refinanced cutting our monthly payment in half. We would love to rent our townhouse and buy a home, unfortunately my husbands job is 45 minutes south of the city and we want to move east which would add to his commute. For now, we're staying put which is okay - for a couple of years!!! </p>