MarketWatch spotlights $50,000 down-payment gift tied to future inheritance request

A MarketWatch piece recounts a reader’s purchase of a $385,000 home with help from a $50,000 down-payment gift from an aunt who now wants the property left to her two children. The reader says they have no children.

• MarketWatch reported a reader received $50,000 from an aunt for a down payment.
• The home purchase price was $385,000, according to the reader’s account.
• The reader combined savings, the $50,000, and a small mortgage to close, per MarketWatch.
• MarketWatch says the aunt wants the home left to her two children.