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Home/Rent vs mortgage/Salt Spring

Rent vs mortgage

What could you buy in Salt Spring instead of renting?

In Salt Spring, a $2,500 rent carries the mortgage on a home priced around $527,000. That is $573,000 under Salt Spring's $1,100,000 median home price, and 15 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

15 Salt Spring 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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What each rent buys in Salt Spring

Your rent
$1,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$316,000
Homes on the market
6
Your rent
$1,800/mo
Buys a home priced
$380,000
Homes on the market
9
Your rent
$2,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$422,000
Homes on the market
10
Your rent
$2,200/mo
Buys a home priced
$464,000
Homes on the market
12
Your rent
$2,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$527,000
Homes on the market
15
Your rent
$3,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$633,000
Homes on the market
23
Your rent
$3,500/mo
Buys a home priced
$738,000
Homes on the market
39
Your rent
$4,000/mo
Buys a home priced
$844,000
Homes on the market
49
Your rentBuys a home pricedHomes on the market
$1,500/mo$316,0006
$1,800/mo$380,0009
$2,000/mo$422,00010
$2,200/mo$464,00012
$2,500/mo$527,00015
$3,000/mo$633,00023
$3,500/mo$738,00039
$4,000/mo$844,00049

Salt Spring homes around a $2,500 rent

#19 – 171 Tripp Road
Under your rent
25

$160,000

~$758/mo

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#19 – 171 Tripp Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1040668

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RE/MAX Salt Spring

SL 22 Bishops Walk Road
Under your rent
8

$289,000

~$1,370/mo

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SL 22 Bishops Walk Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1047105

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Macdonald Realty Salt Spring Island

#2053 – 135 Brinkworthy Road
Under your rent
49

$329,000

~$1,559/mo

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#2053 – 135 Brinkworthy Road

Salt Spring · Residential

2 bd

1 ba

938 sqft

$351/sqft

Built 1981

MLS® 1038904

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Pemberton Holmes - Salt Spring

171 Northern Way
Under your rent
9

$399,000

~$1,891/mo

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171 Northern Way

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1044034

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Pemberton Holmes - Salt Spring

#11 – 104 Horel Road
Under your rent
20

$139,000

~$659/mo

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#11 – 104 Horel Road

Salt Spring · Residential

3 bd

1 ba

943 sqft

$147/sqft

Built 1972

MLS® 1044157

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RE/MAX Salt Spring

#6 – 171 Tripp Road
Under your rent
18

$139,900

~$663/mo

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#6 – 171 Tripp Road

Salt Spring · Residential

0 bd

0 ba

Built 2007

MLS® 1032402

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Macdonald Realty Salt Spring Island

215 Long Harbour Road
Under your rent
19

$449,000

~$2,128/mo

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215 Long Harbour Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1043600

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Macdonald Realty Salt Spring Island

Site 20 – 171 Tripp Road
Under your rent
15

$141,900

~$673/mo

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Site 20 – 171 Tripp Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1044097

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RE/MAX Salt Spring

#11 – 770 Vesuvius Bay Road
Under your rent
31

$499,000

~$2,365/mo

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#11 – 770 Vesuvius Bay Road

Salt Spring · Residential

1 bd

1 ba

986 sqft

$506/sqft

Built 2005

MLS® 1035048

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Pemberton Holmes Ltd.

Lot 14 Sandpiper Road
Under your rent
15

$449,000

~$2,128/mo

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Lot 14 Sandpiper Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1036640

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RE/MAX Salt Spring

120 Bishops Walk Road
Under your rent
31

$469,000

~$2,223/mo

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120 Bishops Walk Road

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1021922

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Pemberton Holmes - Salt Spring

201 Grantville Street
Under your rent
29

$319,000

~$1,512/mo

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201 Grantville Street

Salt Spring · Land

0 bd

0 ba

MLS® 1026809

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Rennie & Associates Realty Ltd.

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Renting vs buying in Salt Spring: what actually changes

At $2,500/mo your payment would carry a $527,000 Salt Spring home against a $1,100,000 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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