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You just might need a bit of documentation — specifically, a down payment gift letter — to make it happen. A mortgage gift letter is a statement written by the person who gifted you the funds ...

Down payment amounts above $19,000 and received as a gift must be reported on a gift tax return by the person making the gift—not the beneficiary. But that doesn't mean the donor will pay taxes. "The ...