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Today in our Market Updates series, we're going to talk a little bit about the cost of buying your home, versus renting it. Our friends at KCM (KeepingCurrentMatters.com) have provided us with an excellent infograph to help illustrate the situation. 

The graph above shows the percentage of your monthly income you can expect to pay on your housing costs when renting or mortgaging your home. Historically, you could have expected to spend 22% of your monthly income on a mortgage payment, and 25% on a monthly rent payment. However, today we can see that the percentage of your monthly income that would be spent on a mortgage payment has dramatically decreased (bringing it down by 6.3% to a total of 15.3%), while that of a rent payment has dramatically…

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Our friends at KeepingCurrentMatters.com, (KCM), have provided us with beautiful infographics that give you 15 reasons why owning a home is a much better choice than renting one! And, millennial's, this is your time!

By owning a home, you invest in yourself, your family, your community, and your future.

When you own your own home, you're part of a community. You'll feel more inspired to lend a helping hand where it's needed to make the community a better place to live for you and your neighbors! 

Owning a home means space for growth. You have enough room to do just about anything, including starting a family!

You get to choose the neighborhood you want your children to grow up in. That includes selecting the appropriate school…

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