Experts recommend a down payment of at least 20 percent. Larger down payments may prevent you from becoming upside-down on your loan. A down payment is made up of the cash you have on hand ...

While a 20 percent down payment is the traditional standard for purchasing a home, it is not mandatory and there are loan options that have much lower minimum requirements. Private mortgage insurance ...

(Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) On Tuesday, the Clark County Council approved an agreement with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to establish the area’s first homebuyer down payment ...

For each of the largest 50 metro areas in the United States, Zillow calculated the required down payment and savings period, based on the value of a typical home and the local median income.