{"id":73,"date":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:00:00","slug":"orlando-ranked-no-1-for-retirement-mortgage-rates-may-affect-your-buying-power-the-real-estate-market-is-cooling-adjustable-rate-mortgage-arm-as-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/orlando-ranked-no-1-for-retirement-mortgage-rates-may-affect-your-buying-power-the-real-estate-market-is-cooling-adjustable-rate-mortgage-arm-as-an-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Ranked No. 1 for Retirement | Mortgage Rates may affect your Buying Power. The Real Estate Market is Cooling. Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) as an Option."},"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\/aubrey-a-hamid-653013\/florida-retire-top-remotion-videos-e934\" 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>Orlando ranked No. 1 nationally for retirement in 2026, scoring ~63\/100, with strong affordability, health care, and activities, though quality of life ranked lower.<br \/>\nThe ranking highlighted Orlando&#039;s tax-friendly setup, plus relatively low costs for homemaker services and adult day health care among &gt;180 US cities.<br \/>\nOrlando also ranked second nationally for retiree recreation, supported by abundant music venues, fishing facilities, art galleries, and adult volunteer activities citywide.<br \/>\nFor care access, Orlando placed 21st for gerontologists, eighth for home health care facilities per capita, and fourth for hospitals specializing in geriatrics.<br \/>\nOverall, Orlando&#039;s winning mix centered on taxes, accessible services, recreation, and senior-focused care, even without a particularly low cost of living compared with peers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando ranked No. 1 nationally for retirement in 2026, scoring ~63\/100, with strong affordability, health care, and activities, though quality of life ranked lower. The ranking highlighted Orlando&#039;s tax-friendly setup, plus relatively low costs for homemaker services and adult day health care among &gt;180 US cities. Orlando also ranked second nationally for retiree recreation, supported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestate360.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}