Not exact matches
For lower - income citizens, Williams
suggested mortgages with low mortgage rates combined with
down payment help from state
housing finance agencies.
I do not know what programs other countries have, but I
suggest that while saving
for a
house you think a bit broader then just what
down payment is needed.
If the
down payment for a conventional loan was lowered to 3 % from the traditional 20 % — as has been
suggested by Melvin Watt, director of the Federal
Housing Finance Agency — it would take less than two years.
A new
down payment study by Generation Squeeze
suggests it will take an average full - time wage earner ($ 47,178) 23 years to scrounge up
for a 20 %
down payment on a
house in Metro Vancouver.
It is a very bad idea in almost all circumstances to borrow / withdraw from an IRA (or other retirement account)
for a
down payment on a
house and I would only
suggest it as a last resort.