{"id":12373,"date":"2026-08-10T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=12373"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:30:00","slug":"the-case-for-putting-20-down-on-your-next-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=12373","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Putting 20% Down on Your Next Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Header-Image-GettyImages-1206008735-original.png\" class=\"attachment-featured-large size-featured-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Case for Putting 20% Down on Your Next Home | Keeping Current Matters\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to buy your next home soon, you\u2019ve probably heard the old rule about saving 20% for your down payment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/KeepingCurrentMatters\/content\/images\/20260805\/Header-Image-GettyImages-1206008735-original.png\" class=\"attachment-featured-large size-featured-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Case for Putting 20% Down on Your Next Home | Keeping Current Matters\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to buy your next home soon, you\u2019ve probably heard the old rule about saving 20% for your down payment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[197,3,195,205,84,199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordability","category-blog","category-buying-tips","category-downsize","category-for-buyers","category-move-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}