When people have to move to a new location in another city or another state, a lot of them look at a listing of homes for rent instead of buying a home first thing. That way, they have time to study the market, see which area of town they like best, which area suits their needs as far as shopping, school, and medical facilities, etc.  Then when they’ve researched and found where they would like to live, they can begin looking for a house to buy.