{"id":178,"date":"2019-10-08T01:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T01:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2019-10-08T01:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T01:21:00","slug":"62-of-buyers-are-wrong-about-down-payment-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/62-of-buyers-are-wrong-about-down-payment-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"62% of Buyers Are Wrong About Down Payment Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007-MEM-1024x848.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007-MEM-1024x848.png 1024w, https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007-MEM-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007-MEM-768x636.png 768w, https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007-MEM.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/blog\/2019-home-buyer-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>2019 Home Buyer&nbsp;Report<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;conducted by&nbsp;<em>Nerdwallet<\/em>, many first-time buyers still believe they need a 20% down payment to buy a home in today\u2019s market:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cMore than 6 in 10 (62%) Americans believe you must put at least 20% down in order to purchase a home.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When potential homebuyers think they need a 20% down payment to enter the market, they also tend to think they\u2019ll have to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mykcm.com\/2019\/04\/29\/how-quickly-can-you-save-your-down-payment\/\">wait several years<\/a>&nbsp;(in some markets) to come up with the necessary funds to buy their dream homes. The report continues to say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cThe truth: 32% of current U.S. homeowners put 5% or less down on their home, according to census data.\u201d (as shown above)<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of knowledge about the home-buying process is unfortunately keeping many motivated buyers on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let a lack of understanding keep you and your family out of the housing market. Let\u2019s get together to discuss your options today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/\">PHP Houses<\/a><br>142 W Lakeview Ave<br>Unit 1030<br>Lake Mary, FL 32746<br>Ph: (407) 519-0719<br>Fax: (407) 205-1951<br>email: <a href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/contact.html\">info@phphouses.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s Connect:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeBuyHousesCentralFlorida\/\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/walter-diloreto-71b2422a\/\">Linkedin<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterDiLoreto\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdiloreto\/\">Instagram<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the \u20182019 Home Buyer&nbsp;Report\u2019&nbsp;conducted by&nbsp;Nerdwallet, many first-time buyers still believe they need a 20% down payment to buy a home in today\u2019s market: \u201cMore than 6 in 10 (62%) Americans believe you must put at least 20% down in order to purchase a home.\u201d When potential homebuyers think they need a 20% down&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/62-of-buyers-are-wrong-about-down-payment-needs\/\">Finish Reading<span> 62% of Buyers Are Wrong About Down Payment Needs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[38,43,10,9,23,30,24,13,28,17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}