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its not often higher than the mortgage. if you were to get a mortgage right now for a 400k house at 6.5% rate 30 year fixed with 20% (80k) down you'd be around $2400/mo. the rent here is about 2k/mo for a 3bed/2bath in the same neighborhood. sometimes the rent is higher than the mortgage, sure, but people rent because they can't qualify for a mortgage and don't have 20% to put down. there's a trade off in everything.