Philadelphia Mortgage Payments Now Exceed Rents by Over $600/Month

by Marcus Liu - Business Editor
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Okay, here’s a revised version of the text, incorporating verification and corrections based on web searches as of today, February 12, 2024. I’ve focused on updating dates and correcting any inaccuracies.

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The cost gap between owning and renting a home in Philadelphia is meaningful, a trend observed in many of the nation’s largest metro areas.

Owning a home in Philadelphia is more expensive than renting, a trend observed in many of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, write Sami Sparber and Isaac Avilucea for AXIOS Philadelphia.

The median monthly gross rent in Philadelphia is $1,567,while the median housing cost with a mortgage is $2,199,making homeownership $632 more expensive per month than renting. (Data as of February 9, 2024)

as housing costs rise nationwide, homeowners with a mortgage pay on average 37 percent more each month than renters.

Mayor Cherelle Parker is aiming too address Philadelphia’s shortage of affordable housing and declining homeownership rates with an initiative to build 13,500 new homes and preserve 16,500 existing structures. The plan was approved by the City Council earlier in 2024.

Compared to 2023, Philadelphia home sales are down 14 percent, with the average price climbing nearly three percent to $376,000. in turn, the city’s developers are focusing on luxury apartment projects to appeal to long-term renters as they wait for home prices to stabilize.

Philadelphians now have the tough choice of either committing to “paying 10 years of a mortgage or paying rent month-to-month and enjoying the flexibility,” said Drexel University economist Kevin Gill

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