10/09/2026
Why are more owners asking whether to rent out the house they're leaving?
Start with prices. Nationally, the benchmark price index is still running below where it was a year ago, even as sales have picked up and markets move back toward balance. For anyone who bought in the last few years, selling can mean taking less than they hoped — so holding the home and renting it out looks like a way to wait out the dip instead of selling into it.
But holding has its own math here. Mortgages renew every few years, so there's no decades-long rate to protect by staying put; you'll face today's rates either way. And the tenant you'd be counting on is paying less than a year ago, with asking rents down across the country as a record number of new apartments come online.
So it's a real question, with a real case on both sides. The owners who come out ahead are the ones who decide on purpose, before they list, with the numbers in front of them.
Read the full article: https://aceteamrealty.com/sell-it-or-rent-it-out-how-to-decide-what-to-do-with-your-home-when-you-move
