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Poll about the FIRST home you bought.

6packofun

By 6packofun,
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Down payment on a first home  

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  1. 1. Choose the one that most fits the circumstances in which you made the down payment on your FIRST home.

    • We had no down payment and did not need one to get a mortgage at the time.
      50
    • Our down payment was less than 20% and we saved it ourselves.
      70
    • Our down payment was less than 20% and we had assistance from family and/or a program.
      41
    • Our down payment was 20% or more and we saved it ourselves.
      36
    • Our down payment was 20% or more and we had assistance from family and/or a program.
      16
    • We borrowed money for a portion or all of our down payment (from any source) which we needed to repay.
      5
    • We rent.
      9
    • Other. Explain if you care to.
      12

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TrixieB

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The first home *I* bought:  down payment 20% and I saved it myself.

 

Then dh and I met, I sold that home, and dh and I bought a home together.

 

For the one we bought together, down payment was less than 20% and it was from our savings and the sale of my home.

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