July 30, 2020 "Don't Have 20% for a Down Payment? Here's How to Buy a Home With Less"

Summary: by Aly J. Yale Mason and Taylor Miranda desperately wanted to buy a house before starting a family. Their apartment was small, it was in an unsafe area, and it just wasn’t a suitable place to welcome their first child. The only problem? A 20% down payment was way out of reach for the couple. In fact, according to Mason, even a medium-sized down payment would have put them “in a financial pickle.