India, Feb. 13 -- Paying Rs.60,000 or more in monthly rent is no longer unusual in India's largest cities. Across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR, a growing number of salaried professionals are opting to rent premium homes, even as owning a house remains a deeply rooted aspiration.

"We often think we could have continued to live like kings in the Rs.60,000 apartment with an amazing landlord handling maintenance, rather than the stress we faced during the buying process," one Reddit user shared.

Job mobility has emerged as one of the strongest arguments in favour of renting. Many users said renting gives them the flexibility to move to different cities, neighbourhoods, or even countries, without the financial and emotional inertia that o...