Mortgage Calculator
Rent vs. Buy Calculator
Use this calculator to compare renting with buying over the years you plan to stay, based on the price, rent and assumptions you enter. You can get an estimate without entering your contact details. For the Atlantic provinces it uses a general closing-cost estimate, not each province’s actual transfer taxes.
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Rent vs. buy calculator
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What this estimate means
This comparison is an estimate for exploration, based on the price, rent and assumptions you enter. It is not a recommendation to rent or buy, or a mortgage approval.
For Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, the calculator uses a general closing-cost estimate rather than each province’s actual transfer taxes and fees, and that figure cannot be changed. Treat the closing-cost part of the comparison as approximate.
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