re: What's the most amount of money you'd put down on a new house? It would be a new build.

I refinanced when I was not at 20%. A couple months later I called the mortgage company to say I paid down the debt and now am at 20% so take off the PMI. They said you have to have the loan for at least 2 years before they can take it off. I paid PMI for 8 years. Yes I know that is crazy. I learned a hard lesson.