100 Ways To Save Money For A New House

100 easy ways to save money for a house.100 ways to save money for a new house Here is a great article www.thesimpledollar.com with 100 different things you can do to help save money. If you are looking to buy your first home, second home, or vacation home, these are some really great ideas to help you save for the down payment.For the first time home buyers out there please consider this; “The median home value in Fort Lauderdale is $262,700. Fort Lauderdale home values have gone up 14.4% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 3.3% within the next year. The median list price per square foot in Fort Lauderdale is $258, which is higher than the Miami-Fort Lauderdale Metro average of $158. The median price of homes currently listed in Fort Lauderdale is $389,000 while the median price of homes that sold is $303,465.” - www.zillow.comSo for the sake of keeping things simple, lets just say that the median price paid for recently sold homes in Fort Lauderdale is $300,000.00. This means that for the usual 20% down payment needed to purchase a home you will need to put down $60,000.00. If you save for three years you would need to save $1,666.66/month which is no easy task. Hopefully some of the saving tips in this article will help.