second mortgage

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Another said their flat was "unmortgageable and therefore unsaleable" because of the high ground rent, which meant they had to delay starting a family as they could not afford a second mortgage.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

With the loans consolidated, the payments are “doable,” he said, though he describes them as a second mortgage.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

They used crowdfunding and took out a second mortgage on their home to scrape together $100,000 to pay for the procedure, setting $55,000 aside in what they thought was a safe escrow account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Last year, Zeldin and his wife obtained a second mortgage, for $712,500, on a property in Washington, D.C., a short walk from the EPA’s headquarters.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025

“By the way, Michael. Why did you take out a second mortgage with NatWest Bank for five thousand pounds in January?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell