{"id":42,"date":"2026-10-02T22:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/smart-tips-to-save-thousands-on-metro-mortgages\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T22:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:43:05","slug":"smart-tips-to-save-thousands-on-metro-mortgages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/smart-tips-to-save-thousands-on-metro-mortgages\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Tips to Save Thousands on Metro Mortgages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Mortgage borrowers in major U.S. cities overpay an average of $3,300 annually in extra interest and fees, with coastal metros like Los Angeles and Miami facing the highest costs\u2014up to $8,100 yearly. Over 80% of borrowers pay more than necessary due to limited lender shopping and agent recommendations. Smart mortgage shopping, including comparing multiple quotes and APRs, can save thousands over a loan\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/mortgages\/mortgage-overpayment-americas-largest-metros\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mortgage borrowers in major U.S. cities overpay an average of $3,300 annually in extra interest and fees, with coastal metros like Los Angeles and Miami facing the highest costs\u2014up to $8,100 yearly. Over 80% of borrowers pay more than necessary due to limited lender shopping and agent recommendations. Smart mortgage shopping, including comparing multiple quotes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}