[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f31h6ek14zn26":3,"$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},1105,"when-is-a-good-time-to-rent-not-now-2","When Is a Good Time to Rent? Not Now!","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home, but nobody ever asks whether or not it’s a good time to rent. Regardless, we want to make certain that everyone understands that now is NOT a good time to rent.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F14140658\u002F20170612-Share-STM.jpg","People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home, but nobody ever asks whether or not it’s a good time to rent. Regardless, we want to make certain that everyone understands that now 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 2018 first quarter median rent numbers. According to their report, here is a graph showing rent increases from 1988 until today:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F20180612-STM-ENG.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-37546\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F20180612-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"When Is a Good Time to Rent? Not Now! | 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\u002F04\u002F20\u002Fhome-buying-myths-slayed-infographic-2\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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