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They would slam an already depressed housing market suffering from record prices and nearly 7% mortgage rates.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Upon getting the mortgage estimates, “my mouth just dropped open,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Such risks, he said, make it increasingly difficult for buyers "to plan ahead over the 10 to 20 years of a mortgage".

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

But as they began house hunting in April they quickly realized that, in spite of elevated listing prices and mortgage rates, the Peabody market was exceptionally hot.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Once that happened, no one would be willing to sell insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

By pushing up the cost of borrowing for things such as mortgages, loans and credit cards, central bankers hope consumers will spend less and the rate of price increases will slow.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The 30-year mortgage rate for jumbo loans — mortgages that exceed conforming balances of $832,750 — also rose to 6.72%, up 2 basis points from a week prior.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

It hard to save for a deposit when the cost of living is so high, the average house price is nearly £300,000, external and interest rates on new mortgages are rising.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

But they also said that, if given more reason to doubt the central bank, the next selloff would be worse—triggering a damaging increase in rates on everything from mortgages to corporate debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

By the end of 2007 FrontPoint’s bets against subprime mortgages had paid off so spectacularly that they had doubled the size of their fund, from a bit over $700 million to $1.5 billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Overindebted railroad builders and heavily mortgaged farmers demanded a less rigorous, more forgiving silver unit, and debate raged between the adherents of “soft” and “hard” money—between silver and gold, inflation and solidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Put differently, the average mortgaged homeowner now spends more than a full month’s housing payment each year on insurance.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Peter White, defending, said Callaghan had put his gas engineering business, which employs three people, and the mortgaged home he shares with his partner and nine-month-old daughter at risk.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

She did not sell the house but she mortgaged it for every penny she could get.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

He’s a strong candidate for a team that wants a front-end starter without mortgaging the future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Mid-cap players are mortgaging chunks of their businesses to get in on the action, too.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

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

So the Halos loaded up in an attempt to win the pennant and woo the Japanese pitcher/designated hitter — mortgaging prospects galore for position players such as Eduardo Escobar, Mike Moustakas, C.J.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 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