{"id":6130,"date":"2017-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-saving-up-for-a-down-payment\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"tips-for-saving-up-for-a-down-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-saving-up-for-a-down-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Saving Up for a Down Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"33.92531120332\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"16.730290456432\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>About 60 percent of home buyers put 6 percent or less down on their <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/home-purchase-now\/\">home purchase<\/a>, according to data from the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae. Considering the median existing-home price is $258,300, a 6 percent down payment would be $15,498.<\/p>\n<p>Some aspiring buyers may be unsure of how to come up with that amount. But there are plenty of seemingly simple things they can do to start saving. NAR <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-house-price-negotiation\/\">offers<\/a> the following infographic.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_sept\/Downpayment%20savings%20ideas.jpeg\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 1186px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: National Association of REALTORS\u00ae<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/eSgtCQd0NfU\/tips-for-saving-up-for-down-payment\"> Realtors.org <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 60 percent of home buyers put 6 percent or less down on their home purchase, &hellip; <a title=\"Tips for Saving Up for a Down Payment\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-saving-up-for-a-down-payment\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips for Saving Up for a Down Payment<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1403,15239,625,12908,543,41,818,479],"class_list":["post-6130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-buy","tag-chase","tag-down-payment","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-property","tag-real","tag-realtor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Downpayment%20savings%20ideas.jpeg?fit=900%2C1722&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7739,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/how-much-buyers-put-down-on-their-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":6130,"position":0},"title":"How Much Buyers Put Down on Their Home","author":"Amazing Property","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The majority of buyers who obtained a mortgage last year made a down payment of less than 20 percent, according to the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae\u2019 2017 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. 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