Study suggests buying over renting in Tampa

The rent-versus-own debate rages on, but at least one affordable housing group suggests its probably better to buy than to rent in Tampa.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Center for Economic and Policy Research evaulated the nations 100 most populous cities. It grouped Tampa among 66 metro areas where buying will make you wealthier than renting through 2012.

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Home Prices Start to Show Signs of a Turnaround

C? NoBody Cares.

I skimmed through this article about as quick as I usually flip past CNBC on my TV, but every piece of good news helps, right? They basically don’t say much that you wouldn’t already know, although the one thing that automatically discredits this article to me is the use of California as a national barometer. California might as well be located somewhere near Equatorial Guinea (thx Olympics!) in terms of real estate comparisons because the market there is much more tumultuous than the rest of the country. Every bit of light that you can shine at the end of the tunnel helps, so read the article and use at your own discretion.

Speaking of which, I couldn’t bring myself to click on the video of the guy who thinks he has the answer to fix the “housing mess”, but you might be a braver person than I.

 

CNBC: Home Prices Start to Show Signs of a Turnaround