In 20 17, Americans spent $485.6 billion on renting houses. Do Americans prefer renting or buying a house?

I think Americans prefer renting houses. After the financial crisis in 2009, 2 1 cities in the United States changed from buying houses to renting houses.

In 20 17, there were about 43 million renters in the United States, and they spent 485.6 billion dollars on renting houses, an increase of 4.9 billion dollars over last year, setting a historical record. The average household expenditure of renters is close to $65,438+010.3 million (about RMB 730 million). In 20 16, about 20 million renters used 30% of their income to pay rent. The analysis of the apartment list of the apartment rental platform shows that nearly one-third of the tenants in Los Angeles spend half of their income on renting houses.

The United States is an immigrant country, and American citizens like immigrants. Many people in the United States have an understanding that if you don't change a few units and move a few places in your life, you are incompetent. Americans like immigrants, which is also related to the perfect market economy system and full market competition in the United States. It is precisely because of the habit of migration that many Americans generally don't buy a house even if they have the financial ability. Because I bought a house, once I want to move, it is more troublesome to deal with the house, and it is much more convenient to rent and check out. China people, on the other hand, like to stay in a city, a community and a unit for a long time, so compared with China's proud "home ownership rate" figure, Americans can only look at the ocean and sigh.

Theoretically speaking, the house price and rent in the United States are rising now, and the mortgage interest rate is extremely low. Americans should choose to buy a house. But the reality is that Americans' willingness to buy a house has declined again and again. The main reason is that the rights and interests of renters are protected by law, and there is no need to pay all kinds of extra fees for renting houses. Americans like immigration, and the US government's "humanization" of low-income tenants. This makes people feel that renting a house is easier than buying a house. Buying a house is just paying rent to the bank.

In a word, I think Americans prefer renting a house, which is a way of life for them.