{"id":144517,"date":"2024-05-24T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-20-down-payment-is-definitely-not-required-to-buy-a-house-economist-says-heres-how-much-you-need\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:31:19","slug":"a-20-down-payment-is-definitely-not-required-to-buy-a-house-economist-says-heres-how-much-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-20-down-payment-is-definitely-not-required-to-buy-a-house-economist-says-heres-how-much-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"A 20% down payment is &#039;definitely not required&#039; to buy a house, economist says. Here&#039;s how much you need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWhile coming up with a bigger down payment can help alleviate monthly homeownership costs, 20% is not required, experts say. Here&#8217;s how much you need.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : cnbc.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/05\/24\/you-dont-need-a-20percent-down-payment-to-buy-a-house-economist-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 20% down payment is &#8216;definitely not required&#8217; to buy a house, economist says. Here&#8217;s how much you need<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; While coming up with a bigger down payment can help alleviate monthly homeownership costs, 20%&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-BAV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146614,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-affordability-is-moving-in-the-right-direction-economist-says-heres-what-to-know\/","url_meta":{"origin":144517,"position":0},"title":"Housing affordability is &#039;moving in the right direction,&#039; economist says. 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