How much of liquid savings should you keep aside after putting forward housing deposit? Eg if we have $600K in savings what’s the max you would use for the deposit/closing cost/furniture etc? Assume at a minimum 6-12m of living expenses/emergency fund

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$600k down. Easy, no brainer. You will *never* find a 6% guaranteed ROI

Every dollar you don’t put down you are financing. Say you only put $500k down…that means you are effectively financing $100k…for what? What good does that loan do you except force you to spend more money every month?

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More for having liquid cash for eg if one of us gets laid off no?

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Depends how much your mortgage/monthly expenses are. Take that and multiple by 6-12 to get to your emergency fund. The rest can be used on deposit/closing cost/furniture/etc.

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