{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/richhanlin-com\/2026\/09\/14\/sacramento-rent-trails-mortgages-by-over-1000\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","slug":"sacramento-rent-trails-mortgages-by-over-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/sacramento-rent-trails-mortgages-by-over-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Rent Trails Mortgages by Over $1,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/rich-hanlin\/us-renting-cheaper-remotion-videos-11d3\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Let\u2019s talk numbers: Sacramento\u2019s median monthly mortgage payment just hit $2,600, while median rent sits at $1,600\u2014a full $1,000 gap. This puts Sacramento at the top among seven major metros where renting beats buying by such a wide margin. For families weighing their options, it\u2019s clear: monthly payments are shaping decisions more than ever. As someone who\u2019s spent 35 years guiding clients through every market cycle, I\u2019ve seen affordability pressures like this push many to rethink their timelines and strategies. Financing costs are outpacing lease costs in our area, making the rent-versus-buy conversation more nuanced than ever. It\u2019s a reminder that in times like these, having the right guidance can make all the difference in your homeownership journey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk numbers: Sacramento\u2019s median monthly mortgage payment just hit $2,600, while median rent sits at $1,600\u2014a full $1,000 gap. This puts Sacramento at the top among seven major metros where renting beats buying by such a wide margin. For families weighing their options, it\u2019s clear: monthly payments are shaping decisions more than ever. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":339,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/339"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richhanlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}