mortgage

Homeowners’ prepayment options become more valuable, which exacerbates negative convexity for mortgage bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

He purchased the building on 23rd Street, according to public records, in the 1970s, taking out a $150,000 mortgage on the property at an 8 percent interest rate.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed to 6.95% over the past week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Conroy says they plan to overpay their mortgage for the first five years to build up more equity in their home.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The bottom even had a name: the interest-only negative-amortizing adjustable-rate subprime mortgage.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Covered bonds are debt securities issued by financial institutions and are backed by a pool of assets such as mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Widespread uptake of low-deposit mortgages by borrowers who could not afford them was seen as a major factor in the 2008 global financial crisis.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

That is because most 30-year mortgages last around 10 years before being refinanced or exited through a sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Treasury yields, which underpin the rates on new mortgages, auto loans and several other forms of consumer credit, have climbed appreciably since early 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The buyer of the swap—the buyer of insurance—would be paid off not all at once, if and when the entire pool of mortgages went bust, but incrementally, as individual homeowners went into default.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Walt Disney mortgaged everything, convinced Snow White would be a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

To finance “I Am Frankelda,” Roy and Arturo mortgaged two homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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

After poor ticket sales, producers were reported to have mortgaged property to cover debts.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

He stared straight ahead with his mortgaged eye.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

“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

A major part of the conversion effort is figuring out how to finance the sale in the first place — so workers aren’t mortgaging their houses to buy their own company.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 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