Finance
Rent vs. Buy Calculator
This rent vs buy calculator weighs the true cost of owning – interest, tax, upkeep, lost returns and equity – against renting, to find the break-even year.
get/api/calc/rent-vs-buy-calculator
Request
- Base URL: https://calcbright.com
- URL: https://calcbright.com/api/calc/rent-vs-buy-calculator
- Auth: none declared
Query parameters
pricenumber
Home price
currency'USD' | 'EUR' | 'GBP' | 'JPY' | 'CAD' | 'AUD' | 'CHF' | 'CNY' | 'INR' | 'PKR' | 'AED' | 'SAR' | 'NZD' | 'SGD' | 'HKD' | 'SEK' | 'NOK' | 'DKK' | 'PLN' | 'TRY' | 'ZAR' | 'BRL' | 'MXN' | 'KRW' | 'THB' | 'MYR' | 'IDR' | 'PHP' | 'BDT' | 'EGP' | 'NGN' | 'KWD' | 'QAR' | 'BHD' | 'OMR' | 'RUB'
Currency
downPctnumber
Down payment (%)
ratenumber
Mortgage rate (%)
termnumber
Loan term (years)
yearsnumber
Years you plan to stay (years)
rentnumber
Monthly rent
rentIncreasenumber
Rent increase / year (%)
taxPctnumber
Property tax / year (%) % of home value
maintPctnumber
Maintenance / year (%) % of home value
insurancenumber
Home insurance / year
appreciationnumber
Home price growth / year (%)
investnumber
Investment return / year (%) What the down payment could earn if invested instead
buyCostPctnumber
Buying closing costs (%)
sellPctnumber
Selling costs (%) Agent fees, transfer tax, etc.
Response
Calculation result
Changes
No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.