re: Age when bought first home ?

32.
I lived in apartments around the country and was never settled enough until that age to buy a house.

I took out a LOC on some holdings to put 20% down since I didn't want a PMI and didn't want to cash out equities for a down payment in the down market (2010). I've paid off that LOC since then, though.

I was 25 and we put down %20.

26. I can't remember the down payment but I want to say it was about 25% of the price.

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After buying a house I was "pissing away" more per month in interest & rent than I had been spending in renting my previous house. Now that changes over time, but it's not as clearcut as you say.

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Yea, but you should get some equity out of your "rent."

I was 23 and put down 5%. I bought at the peak of the market in 2007, but I still live in the same home and have no plans of moving for a very long time. I used a 80/15 loan to avoid PMI (not tax deductible at the time). I have since paid off the home equity loan in full.

I paid nearly $200K for my home and bought it before it was built. If I had to do it over again, I would have gone for a much older and cheaper yet bigger home. Biggest lesson learned is that your primary residence is not an investment unless it is generating income for you. Never buy your primary residence with resale value in mind. Buy the cheapest house you want. That is the advice I will give to my nieces and nephew when they come of age.

I was 25. Put down 20%. I was very lucky to be able to live rent free for a year and a half after graduation. Was able to save for a down payment and an engagement ring.

I was 32. Nothing down and did an 80/20 loan. Sold it 2 years later.

23 back in '06. Got a steal on the house and put nothing down. At 23 didn't have anything to put down anyway.

I'm about to buy my first house at 22, using a VA home loan.
0% down.

I was 24. Did a RD loan, so nothing down and no PMI.