Down Payments: Out Dated?
Posted Feb 11, 2007 @ 2:21 pm, Viewed by 450 Visitors, Read 450 Times.New national survey research reveals just how dated and quaint that concept has become in today's market, thanks to rocketing home prices that have far eclipsed buyers' incomes and savings.
From mid-2005 to mid-2006, according to a statistical sampling of a representative group of 7,548 purchasers, nearly half of all first-time buyers financed the entire transaction, obtaining mortgages in the full amount of the home price. Another 30 percent put down 10 percent or less, and 20 percent put down 5 percent or less.
The research was conducted by the National Association of Realtors, using information on home transactions supplied by Experian, a major credit and realty data firm. The median down payment of first-time purchasers, according to the study, was just 2 percent. In other words, the median-sized mortgage for first-timers represented 98 percent of the home purchase price.
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