{"id":195,"date":"2026-11-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-11-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:00:00","slug":"united-states-assistance-speeds-home-saving-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/06\/united-states-assistance-speeds-home-saving-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Assistance Speeds Home Saving | Strategically priced. Expertly marketed. Under agreement in less than two days."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/maher-khatib\/down-payment-assistance-could-dramatically-cut-the-time-to-save-for-a-home-remotion-videos-cc72\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A national analysis estimated that down payment assistance could help a median-income household save for a typical home 18 mo sooner than saving independently.<br \/>\nFor a typical US home, the analysis estimated 4.2 yr of savings for a 10% down payment, compared with 2.7 yr with assistance.<br \/>\nThe scenario assumed assistance covering ~4% of the purchase price; its modeled savings illustrate how support could shorten the path to a down payment.<br \/>\nIn the modeled US purchase, assistance increased the combined down payment, potentially lowering ongoing housing costs; buyers still need to qualify for a loan.<br \/>\nAssistance covering ~4% could potentially cover the minimum down payment on a federal housing agency loan, although eligible US buyers must afford ongoing expenses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A national analysis estimated that down payment assistance could help a median-income household save for a typical home 18 mo sooner than saving independently. For a typical US home, the analysis estimated 4.2 yr of savings for a 10% down payment, compared with 2.7 yr with assistance. The scenario assumed assistance covering ~4% of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}