Since San Francisco ranks No. 1 in the hottest housing markets for the spring homebuying season and is also known where top - earning professionals can afford expensive housing costs, millennials signed on for the highest average mortgage loans at $ 505,160 making
it the biggest average down payments to be $ 162,474.
Not exact matches
But we're talking even
bigger cash in expensive housing markets such as Los Angeles, where the
average down payment assistance is a handsome $ 40,598.
«Depending upon their price range and
down payment, I calculate their monthly mortgage
payment based on the
average interest rate in our area and ask if they're comfortable with that
big a
payment each month,» he says.
Cost You Probably Didn't Think About After the years required to amass a sufficient
down payment — the
average among new homebuyers is 11 percent — and all the
big costs staring homeowners in the face, it's little wonder if you don't account for smaller fare.
Markets where buyers using
down payment assistance programs can realize the
biggest savings as a percentage of
average annual wages compared to buyers not using
down payment assistance were Kauai County, Hawaii (191 percent of annual wages); Shasta County (Redding), California (176 percent); Sevier County (Sevierville), Tennessee (161 percent); El Dorado County, California in the Sacramento metro area (160 percent); and Allen County (Lima), Ohio (157 percent).