Some companies are helping workers make down payments on mobile homes.
But those who want larger mortgages, or cannot make down payments, face a harder burden.
And they point to people's ability to make down payments -- especially when mortgage rates are low.
He was packing for a voyage that Swimming Cities will make down the Ganges, on homemade boats, in early October.
This is a country, after all, where home buyers make down payments with trunks filled with cash.
He advocates new tax breaks to help middle-income families make down payments on homes and build private savings.
They give me two hundred thousand dollars, enough to make down payment on house that I need to defeat Simon.
Borrowers can make down payments as low as 3.5 percent; they pay an upfront fee (often rolled into the loan) and a monthly premium.
Part of the reason could be the difficulty of getting loans, and the fact that buyers now must make down payments of 50 to 70 percent.
But he played down specific worries about a souring of home mortgages, since home buyers in China must make down payments of at least 30 percent.
In some communities, virtually every first-generation immigrant participates, using the money to pay off loans, make down payments on houses or cars, and start small businesses.
