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Is it best to rent or to buy a house in this economy?

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Those in the market for a new house this summer may be asking themselves the age-old question: Is it best to rent or to buy?

The answer is usually the same.

“It depends,” says Robert Triest, chair and professor of economics at Northeastern University. 

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