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Rent vs Buy Calculator

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Rent vs Buy Calculator India

The Rent vs Buy Calculator resolves the biggest dilemma for Indian millennials: Should you buy a house or keep renting? Buying a house locks up your capital and requires heavy EMI commitments, but builds an asset. Renting offers flexibility and leaves you with surplus cash to invest in high-yield mutual funds.

How to Evaluate Renting vs Buying

Our calculator models your entire financial trajectory over 15 to 20 years. It compares the net worth generated by paying an EMI (which eventually leads to property ownership) versus paying rent and aggressively investing the difference (EMI minus Rent) in a 12% CAGR equity fund. If the portfolio value of renting + investing exceeds the final property value, renting is the mathematically superior choice.

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Written by Shubham Yadav
Founder, ArthaRoute  ·  Personal Finance Enthusiast
Shubham built ArthaRoute to make Indian personal finance calculations accurate, free, and accessible to everyone — with no sign-up, no ads, and no data collection. All formulas are sourced from official Indian regulatory guidelines (PFRDA, SEBI, Income Tax Act, RBI).