Buy vs. rent: What you'll pay in the 10 biggest cities. Atlanta

    Home prices in the Atlanta metro area have remained cheap as bargain seekers look to the city's far-flung suburbs for the best deals.

    That's helped to keep the median price of homes in the Deep South's biggest city very affordable, at a median of $130,000, according to Trulia.

  Rents are reasonable too, about 10% below the national median.

    But with the cost of buying a home so low and mortgage rates still such a great deal, the buy-versus-rent calculation works out much more favorably for buyers.

% saved buying: 52%

Median home price : $130,000

Median rent: $1,350