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Most adults who are in the market for their own home have heard time and again that it's important for them to come up with a down payment for the house. This way, the mortgage company is far more likely to lend the money...

A down payment is the amount of cash that a buyer puts upfront toward the eventual purchase of an item. Generally speaking, these are big-ticket items, most usually a home or a car. However, down payments can also be p...

In 2022, the median down payment for first-time home buyers was about 13%. This represents an increase from 2021 when the down payment for first-time home buyers was around 7%, while for repeat buyers it was about 17%. F...

A down payment is among the critical steps toward buying a home. It's an important factor in determining whether you can get the loan and affects your ability to secure a mortg...

In California's expensive Bay Area, first-time homebuyers who are finding it hard to save for a down payment now have a chance to get some help. A new program offers up to $200,000 as a loan to assist with ...

  Unprecedented state and local government grants and incentives to bring executives who have been working from home back into the office benefit employers searching for a new mortgage or lease. E...

Everyone dreams of owning a home at one point in their lives. While it may be exciting to imagine how your dream home will be, knowing where to begin can be quite a challenge. You should start by understanding the kind of...

Once upon a time, way back in the Golden Age of American real estate, which was back in 2019, thousands upon thousands of ordinary people were investing in the real estate market for their future retirement. This doesn't necessa...

Buying a home used to be a very easy process in America. A couple of generations ago, a person working a normal job in retail could go put a few hundred dollars down on a home, get a 30-year mortgage with very low i...