I’ve been getting multiple e-mail requests about doing an analysis about renting versus buying especially in high priced areas. Since in my mind’s eye, the answer is rather clear for the moment since any equation will tell you outright that buying does not make sense with current prices and trends. There was no point in … Continue reading The Rent vs. Buying Dilemma: Mortgages the Southern California Way. 3 Factors to look at: Increase Rental Prices, Housing Price Declines, and Tighter Credit Markets.