To buy a flat is like getting married, you pay down payment and mortgage. You are fixed for the next 20 years and unlikely you can sell it because you will have nowhere to live.

买房如同结婚，你得交首付款和办抵押贷款，然后给套牢20年，因为把房子卖掉就没住处了。

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Benjamin: Yes, and we got the urban housing provident fund to pay for part of it. It's not very hard for us to come up with the money for down payment.

本杰明：可以，我们可以用城市住房公积金来支付一部分，付头款对我们来说也不是很难。

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You'll pay for the imported technology in the form of royalties apart from a certain initial down payment.

除了一定比例的入门费，贵方应用专利权利使用费的形式向我方支付进口技术的费用。

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Instead, like buying a house with a small down payment, you pay a fraction of the contract's value yourself and borrow the rest.

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If they can't make the 3 percent down payment, they could pay less, but pay bigger premiums than others.

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Only paying the minimum is the same as running in place, which is exactly how the banks like it, so do what you can to either pay more or get your minimum payment down.

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