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The Lawhead Team would like to share the following article from Time about low down payment loans on your new home.

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Low Down Payment Loans Are Back

A feature of the housing crisis is back.

Just because you haven’t saved up enough for a 20% down payment—or even 10%—doesn’t mean you’re locked out of the housing market.

In 2015, 26% of loans for home purchases were made with down payments of less than 10% of the home’s value, according to data released Thursday from RealtyTrac. That’s a 10% increase from 2014. In fact, the number of home owners who purchased homes with low down payments has been steadily increasing for the past five years.

The uptick is due in large part to a reduction in the cost of mortgages offered by the Federal Housing Administration, which underwrites loans to borrowers with subpar credit. While critics worry that a surge in low-money-down lending could set the stage for a reprise of the housing bubble, market watchers say the most important result of the change is to make homeownership a more realistic goal for many people, especially first-time buyers. In recent years, there has also not been a significant difference in the number of people who default on low-down-payment loans as opposed to those with higher down payments, according to data from the Urban Institute.

If you’re looking to become a homeowner but can only afford to put a small amount down, here are a few more things to keep in mind:

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