[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2jiqe5l7sgw1v":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":47,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":51},{"item":4,"previous":35,"next":41},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":33,"updatedAt":34},1030,"is-now-a-good-time-to-rent-2","Is Now a Good Time to Rent?","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home, but nobody ever asks when it’s a good time to rent. Regardless, we want to make certain that everyone understands that today is NOT a good time to rent.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F01120108\u002F20180227-Share-STM.jpg","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home, but nobody ever asks when it’s a good time to rent. Regardless, we want to make certain that everyone understands that today is NOT a good time to rent.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe \u003Cem>Census Bureau \u003C\u002Fem>recently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.census.gov\u002Fhousing\u002Fhvs\u002Ffiles\u002Fcurrenthvspress.pdf\">released\u003C\u002Fa> their 2017 fourth quarter median rent numbers. Here is a graph showing rent increases from 1988 until today:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F20180227-STM-ENG.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-37032\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F20180227-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"Is Now a Good Time to Rent? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nAs you can see, rents have steadily increased and are showing no signs of slowing down. If you are faced with making the decision of whether or not you should renew your lease, you might be pleasantly surprised at your ability to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F30\u002F2-major-myths-holding-back-home-buyers\u002F\">buy a home\u003C\u002Fa> of your own instead.\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nOne way to protect yourself from rising rents is to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F22\u002Fbuying-a-home-is-more-affordable-than-renting-in-54-of-us-counties\u002F\">lock in\u003C\u002Fa> your housing expense by buying a home. 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