One Reason to Renew: Staying Put Can Save Renters Thousands of Dollars a Year, New Study Says

(Image credit: Marisa Vitale) Your landlord just sent a lease renewal form, but you're not sure you want to sign it again this year. The rent is going up, the parking situation sucks, and the upstairs neighbors always seem to drag furniture across the floor in those fleeting seconds between consciousness and sleep. Still, you're wary of breaking the cardinal rule of renting: Don't give up a decent, affordable apartment if you don't have to. A new study shows just how costly bucking that conventi...