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How much should I put down?

How much should I put down?

Down payment cash, PMI if you put less than 20%, and what it takes to skip PMI.

This sketch

Down payment
$22,500
Loan amount
$427,500
PMI / month
$196
Housing payment
$3,451
Housing without PMI
$3,255
Extra cash to reach 20%
$67,500

What this sketch assumes

  • Conventional PMI is modeled only below 20% down, at 0.55% of the loan per year — a mid-range sketch, not a quote. FHA uses MIP; VA may have a funding fee instead.
  • Cash to 20% is the extra down payment to drop this PMI sketch, not cash to close.

Estimates only — not a lock or a Loan Estimate. This site does not pull credit. Disclosures

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