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Fortune
Odeta Kushi

Should you rent or buy? First American crunched the numbers

A “sale pending” sign outside a house in Discovery Bay, Calif. (Credit: David Paul Morris - Bloomberg - Getty Images)

When potential first-time homebuyers consider making the transition to homeownership, they often evaluate whether it makes more financial sense to keep renting or to buy.

Given today’s changing housing market, that decision is more complex. According to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, rent prices were up 9.6% in October compared with one year ago, down from the 17% peak earlier this year, but still well above traditional norms.

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