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Bubble Anxiety Has Homeowners Debating: Time to Sell or to Rent?

Contributed by mm | June 24, 2005 8:35 AM PST





By the end of the day, it all comes down to the expectation for house price appreciation, which is hard to guess.

From Wall Street Journal:

Deciding whether to sell a home you no longer plan to live in, or hold on to it as an investment property, has become more of a conundrum in the last several years as homeowners have seen values soar. The average U.S. home price jumped 11% in 2004, according to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's house-price index; compare that to returns of 9% for the S&P 500 and 7.7% for long-term bonds.

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The situation often arises when homeowners are either relocating to work elsewhere or retiring and moving elsewhere. Whether it makes more sense to sell a home or turn it into an investment property depends on a number of factors, including the strength of your local rental market, the state of your finances and your willingness to shoulder the burdens that come with being a landlord. In this column, I'll walk homeowners through the decision-making process.

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