Soaring rents in Denver have tenants thinking more about buying

AND soaring home prices in Denver have tenants thinking more about renting... (The chicken or the egg)
In metro Denver, fast-rising rental rates are pushing tenants to increasingly consider buying a home instead of renting. Denver-area rents are soaring three times faster than the U.S. average - a trend making Denverites more likely than their national counterparts to give up rental payments in favor of a mortgage. Seventeen percent of metro Denver renters expect to buy a home within the next year, compared to 12% nationwide, according to a Zillow survey released this week.


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