mortgage
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But his insurance settlement won’t cover the cost of rebuilding, and he’s still paying $2,000 a month on the mortgage, plus $6,200 for temporary lodging in a rented house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Home builder stocks have been battered by rising mortgage rates, but a valuation signal has historically preceded strong returns for the sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Higher energy and fuel prices are likely to place further pressure on household budgets, while elevated mortgage rates will continue to weigh on housing activity and wider consumer spending."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Existing home sales fell to their lowest level in more than a year, declining 2% in August over the previous month, as rising mortgage rates pressure potential homebuyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
On March 19, 2005, alone in his office with the door closed and the shades drawn, reading an abstruse textbook on credit derivatives, Michael Burry got an idea: credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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That likely means higher interest rates for mortgages, student loans and corporate borrowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But it could also have a direct impact on households as well, as it affects the rates paid by consumers for some financial products, such as fixed-rate mortgages.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Nevertheless, for households in the 21-nation euro area, another hike will still mean pricier mortgages, consumer credit and other loans.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Paxton’s report omitted listing as assets seven properties worth about $5.2 million collectively, including the Utah condos for which he did not disclose mortgages.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was August 9, the same day that the French bank BNP announced that investors in their money market funds would be prevented from withdrawing their savings because of problems with U.S. subprime mortgages.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Walt Disney mortgaged everything, convinced Snow White would be a hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Just over half of mortgaged households will roll off fixes and are expected to see higher monthly payments over the next three years.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Put differently, the average mortgaged homeowner now spends more than a full month’s housing payment each year on insurance.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
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
But there was no denying that Jefferson had mortgaged his honor to win an election.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
The cash and perks ICE is dangling will inevitably draw more people, experts said, but some warned that newly minted deportation officers should be careful about mortgaging their future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Migrants from Africa, Asia and South America are mortgaging their family land, selling their cars or borrowing money from loan sharks to embark on long, often treacherous journeys to reach the United States.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 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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