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Updated 7 months ago,
10% or 20% down on first home ?
Hi Everyone,
I am trying to figure out what I should do in this situation: I have good credit and would be able to make 20% down on my first deal. But I am struggle to see if I should down more or less (10% or 20%) on it. I am also getting 10k seller credit from seller, and could either use that one to buy down interest rate or just pay off the closing cost. the lender is giving me few option one with higher fund at closing and lower interest rate, and one with lower fund at closing with higher interest rate (about 0.2% difference)
With the high interest rate right now, do you think it is better to do higher interest rate, and refinance later or should I just try to get as low as interest rate as possible and do not worry about refinance ?
Also, my realtor is recommend down more so I can avoid a lot of fees, but from what I read, it is better to down as low as possible so we can get better Return on Investment,.... is that true ? what would make more sense in the current market right now ?
Thank you for your advice!