What Are Typical Mortgage Insurance Down Payments?

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Traditional mortgage down payments have always been 10 to 25 percent of the total purchase price of the property.

These are usually still required of people who have owned a home for five or more years and have built up enough in equity to cover most if not all of the down payment requirement on another home.
What about first-time home buyers or those with little to no equity? In today's market, it is prohibitive even for the most frugal of first-time home buyers to come up with a traditional down payment. Houses that sell for $200,000 would require a down payment of $20,000 to $40,000, but there are options.
Let's look at some of them.

VA Loans
Veterans Administration loans are designed to help service people and veterans obtain financing at very reasonable rates. They don't require a down payment or mortgage insurance. These loans are backed by the federal government. These are probably the very best loans available.
FHA
The Federal Housing Administration was created to help middle- to lower-income buyers secure home loans. The FHA doesn't actually lend the money; instead, it insures the loan. The FHA requires only a 3.5 percent down payment. There are guidelines, and the buyer's credit is important to meeting these requirements