{"id":148,"date":"2016-06-12T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T07:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankapropertyweb.com\/property-news\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:45:48","slug":"front","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lankapropertyweb.com\/property-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Property News &#038; Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-310511636 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay 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