[Jolla]

Fiancee and I just bought a house. Rent in Amish apts was $2600 mtg payment $1800. Fortunately we had both sold houses so we had the down payment which many and now many more will never have.

[Alberta's Child]

This notion that young people can’t afford a down payment on a home is ludicrous in most cases. There are plenty of government programs available for first-time home buyers that reduce the minimum down payment dramatically.

For many of these people the mortgage payment AND PROPERTY TAXES are the problem, not the down payment.