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The company is already taking early orders and down payments on its Web site. About 250 people have signed up.

Buyers of second and third homes will have to put up bigger down payments and pay higher rates of interest.

Moreover, private banks will almost certainly accept some loans with lower down payments -- even without a government backing.

The further increase in down payments for both first and second homes has also raised the cost of investment.

The measures, including higher down payments, have taken nearly two years to gain traction.

The central government has adopted steps from raising mortgage rates and down-payments to making buyers pay property tax for the first time.

It has increased mandatory down payments, raised mortgage rates and made it harder for people to buy more than one home.

Down payments are usually at least 20 percent, often 40 percent.

One reason is that Chinese banks require down payments of at least 30 percent, giving banks an ample cushion of cash against losses.

Low down payments and ARMs gave homeowners enormous financial leverage to pay high home prices.

Moreover, the market is much less leveraged than the US, with banks asking for substantial initial down-payments from mortgage customers.

Lenders want bigger down payments to protect against the falling value of collateral.

The government stoked the boom by allowing investors to make down payments of only 20%, paying the remainder upon a project's completion.

Many people can't take advantage of the low mortgage rates. Banks are insisting on higher credit scores and larger down payments.

They've mandated minimum down payments of 50% on second homes and are considering property taxes to rein in speculative purchases.

These included [property taxes in large cities and] higher down payments for buyers of second homes.

The government raised down payments for second home purchases and loan interest rates, according to a report from Guangzhou Daily Tuesday.

This shaves off about another 10% of borrowers, which means only the top 54% of wage earners would face 20% down payments, at most.

With default rates still high, banks are demanding better credit ratings and larger down-payments than many first-time buyers can manage.

The parents pay for college education, help with down payments on houses, and bestow wisdom.

Mortgage: " Zero down payments" emerged in Shanghai market.

It would also like FHA to require larger down payments on its loans, currently as little as 3. 5%.

Down-payments for dearer flats will be 30 per cent, regardless of the buyers' nationality.

They want their down payments back. They found two cars at Valley Motors.

That's also true for homebuyers who are finding it harder to get new loans and would need to offer up larger down payments.

This raises the requirement for down payments on land purchases from the original 20 percent.

Terrafugia has collected more than 80 down payments for the $194, 000 vehicle and plans to start deliveries by the end of 2011.

The more homes, the higher the down payments and interest rates.

Credit may be cheap, but 30% down-payments are standard.

We will issue receipts to acknowledge down payments and all payments.

To buy a new Mercedes, ten dollars and one hundred dollars are nearly equally inadequate or useless as down payments.

Risky subprime mortgages grew from 5% of all loans to 20% between 1994 and 2006, while average down payments on houses fell to only 2%.

Some banks restrict the use of funds to down payments on a house as a way to bring in business to their mortgage arms.

They were getting low down payments, low interest rates,

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