{"id":83291,"date":"2026-01-09T11:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83291"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:42:30","slug":"the-hidden-costs-of-renting-vs-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/the-hidden-costs-of-renting-vs-buying\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden costs of renting vs buying"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1OgiAa.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Additional fees renters have to pay can dd up in the long-run (Picture: Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many people assume that renting is cheaper than buying a home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/homeandproperty\/the-hidden-costs-of-renting-vs-buying\/ar-AA1OgiAj?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6960e87628a24047a9df7a55dd09828e&amp;ei=48\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Many people assume that renting is cheaper than buying a home. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rent-or-buy.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83292,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291\/revisions\/83292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}