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Home/Rent vs mortgage/Delta

Rent vs mortgage

What could you buy in Delta instead of renting?

In Delta, a $2,500 rent carries the mortgage on a home priced around $527,000. That is $752,400 under Delta's $1,279,400 median home price, and 40 homes sit at or under it today. Enter your own rent to see what it changes to, from live MLS® inventory.

Rent or own? See what you could afford

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/mo

Your monthly rent

Paid as a mortgage, $2,500/mo owns a home worth about

$527,000

40 Delta homes are in your budget

Builds your equity

Rent builds none

Covering mortgage, tax, strata and insurance together, the matching price is about $414,000.

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Amort. yrs
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What each rent buys in Delta

Your rent
$1,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$316,000
Homes on the market
5
Your rent
$1,800/mo
Buys a home priced
$380,000
Homes on the market
11
Your rent
$2,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$422,000
Homes on the market
18
Your rent
$2,200/mo
Buys a home priced
$464,000
Homes on the market
24
Your rent
$2,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$527,000
Homes on the market
40
Your rent
$3,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$633,000
Homes on the market
72
Your rent
$3,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$738,000
Homes on the market
108
Your rent
$4,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$844,000
Homes on the market
138
Your rentBuys a home pricedHomes on the market
$1,500/mo$316,0005
$1,800/mo$380,00011
$2,000/mo$422,00018
$2,200/mo$464,00024
$2,500/mo$527,00040
$3,000/mo$633,00072
$3,500/mo$738,000108
$4,000/mo$844,000138

Delta homes around a $2,500 rent

#12 – 3350 Westham Island Road
Under your rent
38

$389,000

~$1,844/mo

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#12 – 3350 Westham Island Road

Delta · Residential

2 bd

1 ba

1,121 sqft

$347/sqft

Built 1992

MLS® R3128678

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Sutton Group Seafair Realty

#212 – 4738 53 Street
Under your rent
30

$499,999

~$2,370/mo

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#212 – 4738 53 Street

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

837 sqft

$597/sqft

Built 1991

MLS® R3156086

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Nu Stream Realty Inc.

#102 – 6960 Nicholson Road
Newly Listed
Under your rent
10

$429,999

~$2,038/mo

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#102 – 6960 Nicholson Road

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

608 sqft

$707/sqft

Built 2021

MLS® R3154748

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RE/MAX City Realty

#301 – 5553 16 Avenue
Under your rent
27

$419,900

~$1,990/mo

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#301 – 5553 16 Avenue

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

759 sqft

$553/sqft

Built 1971

MLS® R3117595

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#3305 – 11967 80 Avenue
Under your rent
25

$395,000

~$1,872/mo

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#3305 – 11967 80 Avenue

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

529 sqft

$747/sqft

Built 2017

MLS® R3107797

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1NE Collective Realty Inc.

#616 – 11507 84 Avenue
Under your rent
25

$499,000

~$2,365/mo

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#616 – 11507 84 Avenue

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

724 sqft

$689/sqft

Built 2020

MLS® R3156431

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Oakwyn Realty Ltd.

#11 – 3871 River Road
Under your rent
26

$425,000

~$2,014/mo

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#11 – 3871 River Road

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

617 sqft

$689/sqft

Built 1985

MLS® R3134975

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Sutton Group Seafair Realty

#106 – 4745 54a Street
Under your rent
32

$479,000

~$2,270/mo

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#106 – 4745 54a Street

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

760 sqft

$630/sqft

Built 1997

MLS® R3152011

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Homelife Benchmark Titus Realty

#1206 – 11967 80 Avenue
Under your rent
31

$499,000

~$2,365/mo

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#1206 – 11967 80 Avenue

Delta · Residential

2 bd

2 ba

787 sqft

$634/sqft

Built 2017

MLS® R3131208

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Sutton Group-West Coast Realty

#218 – 1363 56 Street
Under your rent
25

$518,800

~$2,459/mo

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#218 – 1363 56 Street

Delta · Residential

2 bd

2 ba

946 sqft

$548/sqft

Built 1998

MLS® R3147122

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Sutton Group Seafair Realty

#221 – 11806 88 Avenue
Under your rent
28

$326,500

~$1,548/mo

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#221 – 11806 88 Avenue

Delta · Residential

2 bd

1 ba

838 sqft

$390/sqft

Built 1972

MLS® R3103619

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Parallel 49 Realty

#135B – 8635 120 Street
Under your rent
27

$275,000

~$1,303/mo

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#135B – 8635 120 Street

Delta · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

724 sqft

$380/sqft

Built 1973

MLS® R3107851

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Sunstar Realty Ltd.

See all $2,500/mo matches (40 active listings)

Renting vs buying in Delta: what actually changes

At $2,500/mo your payment would carry a $527,000 Delta home against a $1,279,400 local median. Whether that beats renting comes down to four things, not just the monthly number.

Closing costs

Buying carries one-time costs renting does not: property transfer tax, legal fees and inspection. Budget for them before you compare monthly numbers.

Carrying costs

A mortgage payment is not the whole cost. Property tax, strata and insurance sit on top, which is why the all-in number matters more than the headline.

Equity

Each mortgage payment buys a little more of the home. Rent buys none of it, and that gap compounds over the years you would have rented.

Flexibility

Renting is easier to leave. Owning ties up your down payment and takes time and cost to unwind, so the break-even math only works if you stay put.

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How these numbers are worked out

I am Ray Rasouli, a licensed REALTOR® with Real Broker B.C. Ltd. The purchase price is your rent solved back through a standard amortized mortgage, and the listings come from live MLS® inventory refreshed hourly, not a static table. The figures are for comparison, not a mortgage approval. Tell me your situation and I will confirm what you actually qualify for.

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