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wendymthompson/rent-vs-buy-scenarios

Rent vs Buy Breakeven Scenarios 2026 Pre-computed rent vs buy analysis for 2,148 scenarios across Southeast markets. Covers 179 cities across 13 states, 3 price points (80%/100%/120% of median), and 4 rent levels. Data Fields Field Type Description scenario string Human-readable scenario description city string City name state string State abbreviation homePrice number Purchase price monthlyRent number Comparable rent monthlyPITI number Full… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/wendymthompson/rent-vs-buy-scenarios.

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Rent vs Buy Breakeven Scenarios 2026

Pre-computed rent vs buy analysis for 2,148 scenarios across Southeast markets. Covers 179 cities across 13 states, 3 price points (80%/100%/120% of median), and 4 rent levels.

Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
scenario	string	Human-readable scenario description
city	string	City name
state	string	State abbreviation
homePrice	number	Purchase price
monthlyRent	number	Comparable rent
monthlyPITI	number	Full mortgage payment
comparison.breakevenYears	number	Years to break even
recommendation	string	BUY, CONSIDER, or RENT
insight	string	Plain-language explanation

Source

Thompson Market Oracle, U.S. Census Bureau ACS.