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Just Over 60 Percent of Buyers with a Mortgage Made Down Payments Less Than 11 Percent

According to information in the latest Realtors® Confidence Index, a total of 32 percent of residential home purchasers were reported as making an initial down payment of 20 percent or more in February 2012 among those obtaining a mortgage. Approximately 64 percent of purchasers obtaining mortgages were reported as making down payments less than 11 percent.

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