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mortgage

[mawr-gij] / ˈmɔr gɪdʒ /
NOUN
loan agreement
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We also owe $250,000 on a mortgage for a home worth about $850,000.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Already fixed mortgage interest rates have been raised by banks, doing some of the work of the central bank to curb demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Ultimately, the cost of a mortgage may depend on what the markets think of Burnham, and his new chancellor's plans.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

We would rather pay taxes upfront than pay mortgage interest.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The party on the other side of his bet against subprime mortgage bonds was the triple-A-rated insurance company AIG—American International Group, Inc. Or, rather, a unit of AIG called AIG FP.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Thompson said his home fell into foreclosure after he took out second and third mortgages.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The volume of mortgages that people locked in to buy homes rose to its highest level in more than three years in June, according to Optimal Blue, a mortgage technology and data company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The housing package contains nearly 60 provisions intended to boost supply, reduce regulatory barriers and improve access to mortgages and home ownership.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Jumbo loans are mortgages that are larger than limits set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

It would be a whole lot harder for an investment banker to rip off people with subprime mortgages if he actually had to live with the people he was ripping off.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

As a Paravan and a man with mortgaged body parts, he considered it his duty.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

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

But if they stay in an attempt to hold on to a core piece of identity, are they mortgaging their future?

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 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




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