{"id":2692,"date":"2018-10-26T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/buying-a-home-can-be-scary-until-you-know-the-facts-infographic\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:00:10","slug":"buying-a-home-can-be-scary-until-you-know-the-facts-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/buying-a-home-can-be-scary-until-you-know-the-facts-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a Home Can Be Scary\u2026 Until You Know the Facts [INFOGRAPHIC]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130315\/20181026-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Buying a Home Can Be Scary... Until You Know the Facts [INFOGRAPHIC] | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130315\/20181026-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130315\/20181026-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130304\/20181026-STM-ENG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38330\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130304\/20181026-STM-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"Buying a Home Can Be Scary... Until You Know the Facts [INFOGRAPHIC] | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130304\/20181026-STM-ENG.jpg 2353w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130304\/20181026-STM-ENG-471x300.jpg 471w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17130304\/20181026-STM-ENG-1024x653.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><span id=\"more-38329\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Some Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Many potential homebuyers believe that they need a 20% down payment and a 780 FICO\u00ae score to qualify to buy a home which stops many of them from even trying! Here are some facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72% of buyers who purchased homes this year have put down less than 20%.<\/li>\n<li>76.4% of loan applications were approved last month.<\/li>\n<li>The average credit score of approved loans was 727 in September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Highlights: Many potential homebuyers believe that they need a 20% down payment and a 780 FICO\u00ae score to qualify to buy a home which stops many of them from even trying! Here are some facts: 72% of buyers who purchased homes this year have put down less than 20%. 76.4% of loan applications were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[110,98,99,103],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buying a Home Can Be Scary\u2026 Until You Know the Facts [INFOGRAPHIC] - The Zakaria Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/buying-a-home-can-be-scary-until-you-know-the-facts-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buying a Home Can Be Scary\u2026 Until You Know the Facts [INFOGRAPHIC] - The Zakaria Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some Highlights: Many potential homebuyers believe that they need a 20% down payment and a 780 FICO\u00ae score to qualify to buy a home which stops many of them from even trying! 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