Tag Archives: Down Payment

The correlation between the asking price and the size of the down payment is behaving as expected—as the housing market has cooled over the past year, down payment amounts are down by 10%.

A new report found an upward trend in new homebuyer assistance programs amid difficult homebuying conditions.

Are the nation’s renters preparing to buy a home? New data from Realtor.com shows that may not be the case as affordability issues remain. 

For many, when it rains, it pours, and many new and young adults got dealt a bad hand at the outset of the pandemic, when lockdowns eliminated many ...

Among renters and non-homeowners, many believe that the once-standard down payment of 20% is a rule, not a recommendation, on the path to homeownership.

Redfin reports that San Jose, Oakland, and San Francisco are among the fastest-cooling housing markets nationwide, as mortgage rates remain above 5%, pricing many potential buyers out of the market.

The record-breaking year that was 2021 seems to be a one-off performance, as the 2022 market is experiencing the upward creep of mortgage rates compounded with record-high prices, which is only adding to affordability issues.

According to the National Association of Realtors' latest quarterly report, Q1 of 2022 found more markets reaching double-digit annual price gains than the previous quarter. Meanwhile, approximately 70% of ...

The lack of affordable homes is now firmly seated as the top reason holding potential buyers back from entering the housing market, according to a new study from ...

Nearly one in four survey respondents said stimulus payments during the pandemic has helped fund their down payment.