What if renting your home, not buying one, could actually make you crores richer? That’s the uncomfortable reality finance creator and ex-banker Sharan Hegde lays bare in a video challenging India's deep-rooted obsession with homeownership.

In a data-driven takedown of one of India’s most prized financial goals, Hegde argues that buying a ₹1 crore house may be one of the worst financial decisions for most salaried professionals. Advertisement

“I’ve spent over ₹1 crore on rent in the last 10 years — and I don’t regret a single rupee,” he says. “Because I did the math that 99% of homebuyers never do before signing away the next 20 years of their life.”

His math flips the traditional rent-vs-buy logic on its head.

A ₹1 crore home comes with around ₹90 lakh in interest payments, ₹10 lakh

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