{"id":51,"date":"2026-10-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:00:00","slug":"baltimore-owning-can-cost-less-than-renting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/baltimore-owning-can-cost-less-than-renting\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore: Owning Can Cost Less Than Renting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/bessie-conway\/home-rent-equation-remotion-videos-7732\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In Baltimore, estimated monthly ownership costs came in ~27% below current rent, making buying a notable affordability option for households weighing both paths.<br \/>\nThe comparison used fixed mortgage terms and included costs beyond principal, helping Baltimore shoppers look past a headline payment when testing purchase viability.<br \/>\nExperts said lower monthly ownership costs do not guarantee automatic savings, because insurance, maintenance, property taxes, repairs, and association fees can reshape budgets.<br \/>\nBuyers were also advised to weigh job stability and likely length of stay, since one housing analysis placed the financial break-even point near ~6 yr.<br \/>\nBaltimore shoppers can use digital budgeting tools and build emergency funds before buying, a practical step experts highlighted to reduce post-closing surprises.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Baltimore, estimated monthly ownership costs came in ~27% below current rent, making buying a notable affordability option for households weighing both paths. The comparison used fixed mortgage terms and included costs beyond principal, helping Baltimore shoppers look past a headline payment when testing purchase viability. Experts said lower monthly ownership costs do not guarantee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}