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Not everyone receiving a cash gifts want to make a 20% downpayment, though. Cash gifts are also allowed for low-downpayment mortgages including the FHA purchase mortgage, which requires a 3.5% downpayment; and the Conventional 97 mortgage from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which requires just 3% down.
On a conventional mortgage, most lenders will require that you put at least 5 percent down using your own money, separate from a gift, unless the gift is large enough to cover at least 20 percent of the purchase price. An exception is VA and FHA mortgages, which allow you to use a gift for the entire down payment.