second mortgage
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The down payment loan would be a second mortgage, which a buyer would pay off over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
Aaron Levinson wanted to go to a World Cup game this summer, but he didn’t want to take out a second mortgage to pay for that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
With the loans consolidated, the payments are “doable,” he said, though he describes them as a second mortgage.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
A big source of its growth had been the second mortgage.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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