{"id":3071,"date":"2019-03-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/10-cities-where-its-actually-cheaper-to-rent-than-buy\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:00:00","slug":"10-cities-where-its-actually-cheaper-to-rent-than-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/10-cities-where-its-actually-cheaper-to-rent-than-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Cities Where It&#8217;s Actually Cheaper to Rent Than Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"typeset--default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.apartmenttherapy.info\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto,w_640,c_fit,fl_strip_profile\/https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pixtruder\/original_images\/21040dbed9a8e8ed39022b19ed7d6d592157a115\"><\/div>\n<p>\n\t  On the fence about homeownership? There are many factors that should go into your decision to rent or buy property\u2014and not all of them are purely financial. 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