mortgage
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The departures are raising concerns about stability inside the government mortgage giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
His parents said the money donated so far had supported them "financially to cover immediate costs such as our bills and mortgage", and to "cover our loss of wages during this time".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
While used-home sales make up a much larger share of the U.S. property market, the surprisingly large drop suggested rising mortgage rates were taking a greater toll on market activity than previously recognized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The math changes year to year, based largely on mortgage rates, but “we don’t think we’re going to go back and ever see pandemic-era mortgage rates again,” Pendleton said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
From their point of view, so far as he could tell, all subprime mortgage bonds were the same.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Reverse mortgages unlock wealth while overcoming the costs and emotional aspects of selling a house, but they can put a serious dent in bequests as fees and interest add up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Longer-term Treasury yields set the floor for what Americans pay to borrow on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Interest rates on bonds - which are a type of debt - are known as yields and can directly affect the borrowing costs consumers pay on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Treasurys play a major role in determining borrowing costs across the economy, including 30-year mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Venetian hotel—Palazzo Ducale on the outside, Divine Comedy on the inside—was overrun by thousands of white men in business casual now earning their living, one way or another, off subprime mortgages.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Not terribly long ago, Cleveland mortgaged its future believing that Watson was its savior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The other was the son of a farmer who mortgaged his future for his child's education.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
After poor ticket sales, producers were reported to have mortgaged property to cover debts.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
The couple mortgaged their Hollywood Hills home again and again to finance his films, she said, in an effort to remain independent from the tight reins of Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
He stared straight ahead with his mortgaged eye.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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“Russia would be further mortgaging its future for the sake of military gains,” said Alexander Kolyandr, a director at the consulting firm Eurasia Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Mid-cap players are mortgaging chunks of their businesses to get in on the action, too.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
But she stuck to her guns, mortgaging her house to finance the project — and it seems to have paid off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Many private equity firms have quietly begun mortgaging their investment funds, piling leverage upon leverage.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2024
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
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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