Should You Put More Than 20% Down on a House If You Can Afford It?
by Alicia Adamczyk on Two Cents, shared by Alicia Ada from Lifehacker on (#3T459)
The national average down payment is between six and 11 percent, with some home-buyers paying as little as three to 3.5 percent. But for some people, there's an opportunity to put down more than the perceived-standard 20 percent. Should they do it?