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Is it worth it to put 5% down or 20% down

Lizelle Nelson
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Hello, 

I live in Canada and would like to buy my first investment property. I want to put down  5% but in Canada a mortage premium is applied to down payments less than 20%. 

So, should I save for the full 20% or do the 5%? 

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