With the housing market continuing to struggle and fewer consumers being able to purchase a new home or apartment, LendingTree.com released data [1] highlighting the average down payments on residential real estate purchases for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. New Jersey tops the list with the highest average down payment of 13.71%. The state with the lowest average down payment is North Dakota, where buyers put down an average of 11.34%.
The locations rounding out the Top Five for highest down payments including Washington D.C. (13.5%), New York (13.47%), Hawaii (13.33%) and California (13.22%). The states completing the bottom five are North Dakota (11.34%), Wyoming (11.38%), Oklahoma (11.62%), Tennessee (11.7%) and Iowa (11.71%). Overall, the average down payment for all states is 12.29%.
For the infographic showing the full list of down payments by state and ranking (through Nov. 30, 2011), click here [1].
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[1] http://marketing.lendingtree.com/pr/down_payments_by_state.pdf