How to Use down payment in a Sentence

down payment

noun

• We put a down payment on the house.
• She made a 10 percent down payment on the car.
• Cut those out of a budget and for many a down payment wouldn’t be out of reach.
  — WSJ, 10 Jan. 2023
• The Madonias put the down payment on the lot last year — a time when home prices were soaring.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• The higher the down payment, for example, the less time the duration tends to take.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
• The goal is for families to move in and save up enough money for a down payment on a new home.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2024
• That includes wire fraud, such as attempts to steal a down payment.
  — Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• First-time home buyers can get a home loan with as little as a 3% down payment.
  — Shashank Shekhar, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• Smaller down payments, on the other hand, mean more risk for the lender and higher rates for you as a result.
  — Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 5 Oct. 2023
• At the start, many of the potential tenants couldn’t make the down payment required to live at Brookside.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2024
• Well, Rhode Island did a lot better than a down payment.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• As a result, the dealer can use that money toward the down payment on your car.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2023
• The larger your down payment on a new car, the lower your monthly payments will be.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2023
• The average down payment for a new vehicle climbed to a record of $6,956 in the first three months, Edmunds said.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• When the informant told him the device would cost about $120, Smith handed over a down payment.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
• On average, shoppers save up less than a year for a down payment.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
• The average down payment has risen since the pandemic, along with home prices.
  — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• County Manager Shayne Scott said the down payment will come from that bond.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• So it’s alleged that C S J owner Camino gave cursing her $4,000 for a car lease down payment, and that bids were.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• The size of the down payment on your new home also plays an important role in your interest rate.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
• The down payment gift from Park’s parents allowed the couple to save a small nest egg for home improvement projects.
  — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• In that case, buyers will have to pay their own agent out of pocket, on top of a down payment and other closing costs.
  — Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
• Although the terms have been slightly tightened, and the down payment raised by five percent, the program has remained.
  — Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
• The typical route to owning a home is to rent first and eventually save enough for a down payment.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Don’t make more than a $1,000 down payment upon signing a contract.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• Most lenders will require the new borrower to complete a credit check and have enough money for a down payment.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• The typical down payment for a repeat buyer last year was 17%.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
• Zillow suggests that first-time homebuyers, on average, need about 5% of the amount of their loan for a down payment.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 July 2023
• In that equation, redirecting the funding for school police — about $52 million a year — would be like a down payment.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• Borrowers whose down payment is less than 20% are likely to pay a higher rate.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024