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mortgage

[mawr-gij] / ˈmɔr gɪdʒ /
NOUN
loan agreement
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It said housing costs made the largest contribution to the RPI - this group includes public and private rentals, as well as mortgage interest payments, parish rates and maintenance and repair costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Residential building accounts for 31% of North American lumber volume, according to Steuart who adds that “with rising mortgage rates, we see no obvious near-term catalysts for an affordability reversal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

My compromise suggestion was to pay off the mortgage with $300,000, keep $100,000 as an emergency fund, and continue contributing to our retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Low unemployment and mortgage delinquencies keep distressed sales off the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Because we’re taking him out of his high interest rate credit card debt and putting him into lower interest rate mortgage debt.’

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The program would not be funded by taxpayers, but instead by the interest charged to borrowers on their down payment loans, also referred to as second mortgages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

This is causing central banks to hike their own benchmark rates, heaping pressure on businesses and individuals holding loans, including mortgages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The bank levy currently charges 0.1% on outstanding short-term loans and 0.05% on longer-dated loans, although mortgages are excluded from the calculation.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Inventory is climbing because the lock-in effect caused by old, ultracheap mortgages is fading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

On March 19 his salesman at Citigroup sent him, for the first time, serious analysis on a pool of mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Currently, the charter prohibits the city from mortgaging city-owned property and prevents it from operating purely commercial or industrial businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“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

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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