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The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which mortgage rates are based on, surged last week above chart resistance marked by the May 19 closing high of 4.66%.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

Some economists now predict that a U.S. mortgage rate of nearly 7% looms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Bank of England Money and Credit report for June, which reveals a combination of consumer lending, mortgage lending and mortgage approvals for that month, is due on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the end of 2025, the weekly national average interest rate for 30-year fixed mortgage loans in the U.S. was 6.15%, according to Freddie Mac.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

He set out to cherry-pick the absolute worst ones, and was a bit worried that the investment banks would catch on to just how much he knew about specific mortgage bonds, and adjust their prices.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The survey added on average, people in the affordable rental or partial ownership market spent 33% of gross income on housing-related issues, while private market renters averaged 22% and owners with mortgages averaged 19%.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

But Sell also has mortgages and commercial notes on his properties, putting his net worth as low as negative $2.8 million and as high as $13.9 million.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Treasury note—which helps set rates on mortgages and student loans alike—reached 4.665% in late-afternoon trading Wednesday, according to Tradeweb, just under its 2026 intraday high of 4.687% set on May 19.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Some took out adjustable-rate mortgages, figuring that when the rate on the loan reset after an introductory period, it would be at a lower level.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

They’d often wondered, for instance, why the rating agencies weren’t more critical of bonds underpinned by floating-rate subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

To finance “I Am Frankelda,” Roy and Arturo mortgaged two homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

A bit more examination reveals that Rory’s heavily mortgaged ancestral manse is ripe for foreclosure, so the shrewd Birdie and a few new acquaintances step in with an unorthodox plan to stop such proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

After poor ticket sales, producers were reported to have mortgaged property to cover debts.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

To raise the money for the $100 million-plus production, he mortgaged his seaside Santa Barbara, California, estate.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024

She mortgaged her property and borrowed money from a neighbor for her journey.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Mid-cap players are mortgaging chunks of their businesses to get in on the action, too.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

The group’s longtime leader, Carol Schatz, told the City Council at a public hearing that the city was mortgaging its future in a “misguided attempt to buy temporary peace with activists.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Many private equity firms have quietly begun mortgaging their investment funds, piling leverage upon leverage.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2024

The Ford contract would reverse concessions the union agreed to in a series of contracts since 2007, when GM and the former Chrysler were skidding toward bankruptcy, and Ford was mortgaging assets to stay afloat.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023

Almost immediately, the financial slide began, but was artificially buoyed by extravagant bank loans that Chacko raised by mortgaging the family’s rice fields around the Ayemenem House.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy