down payment

Example Sentences

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But five years ago, he agreed to put $12,000 toward closing costs and part of the down payment for his son’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

My son is buying his first home, and his grandmother, aunt and I are giving him $20,000 for the down payment.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

If you want to make a 20% down payment on a $750,000 home, the recommended percentage to avoid private mortgage insurance, you’d need to shell out $150,000.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

My wife and I borrowed money for a down payment from my father-in-law, for our first house, and he told me that it was a gift.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Perhaps the biggest blow to my mother came when her friend Velma Stewart announced that she and her husband had put a down payment on a house in a suburb called Park Forest.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama