IELTS Writing Practice: Many people prefer to rent a house rather than buying one Hi, this is an IELTS writing practice, the topic is: Many people prefer to rent a house rather than buying one- advantages/disadvantages Any help will be appreciated! ------------------------------------------ With the process of urbanization has been taking place all over the world, more and more rental housings are supplied to meet the needs of markets. In the recent few decades, people tend to rent rather than owning an accommodation. Does this phenomenon bring more merits than demerits? Following are my thoughts. The housing prices have been rising continuously in some areas, such as big cities of China, which leads to young adults cannot afford the cost of purchasing an apartment. Thus, it has become a common sense that people should live in rental housings before they have accumulated enough savings. On the other hand, to some extent, people will be trapped by real estate when they want to move to somewhere else if things have changed, like the downsizing of a company. Obviously, rental housings give people not only another choice but also more freedom. According to the research, however, it shows that many people who are living in the big cities have regretted that they have not bought a real estate as early as possible because the housing prices have increased drastically. In these areas where the housing cost has been rising Obviously, renting is merely a kind of expense. On the opposite, owning a house is absolutely a smart investment. As a result, due to the increase in housing prices, the gap between rich and poor has been enlarged further. Moreover, if the landlord does not want to renew the lease anymore, it will be quite a troublesome issue to find another suitable rental flat then move into. It is a fairly common worry that many tenants have. But this would never happen when you owned a house. To conclude, rental housing is agile and suitable for people who cannot afford owing a house or they do not know whether or not they could settle down in a city permanently. Whereas, when people have a promising job and they are living in a booming area, it might be a better choice to buy an apartment. In my opinion, under certain circumstances, renting or buying can either be an optimum choice or the worst decision.