You would venture wrong which seems to be a recurring theme. They will recover enough to put about 30% down and still have a couple hundred thousand to upgrade what they bought. They provided me about 20 homes they saw online to express what they were looking for. We spent 2 full days seeing everything that was available both resale and new construction that would meet what they wanted. We narrowed it down to 7 and went back on day 3 to see those. They ultimately settled on a beautiful well built new home with a large lot and and very nice ocean view. They will close at a price between 300K and 1M less than others paid on the street. His commute to work will be about 5 minutes. I personally beleive they will very happy with what they got.