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Is It Better to Rent or Buy a Home?

Money For the Rest of Us

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The Rate of Return for Owning a House

The average capital appreciation on a home, net of inflation, so real basis is about 1%. The rate of return since 1950 for owning a house was 11.9% annually and 7.1% on a real basis. LaPryl: We've owned 14 houses as primary residences since 1993.

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