mortgage

Among buyers last year who used the Federal Housing Administration-backed mortgage program geared toward first-time buyers, some 42% got down-payment assistance, the highest share in records going back to 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Here’s why it’s possible that mortgage rates will climb to 8%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Owners are dealing with rising costs for insurance, utilities and mortgage payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Aarthi Swaminathan dug further into the mortgage industry’s day-to-day developments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

He didn’t even bother calling Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, as they were more exposed to the mortgage bond market than the other firms.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The fund has 27% of its assets in bank loans and related holdings, 23% in junk bonds and 9% in mortgages not backed by a U.S. agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Home buyers are increasingly turning to adjustable-rate mortgages to seek relief from high rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Longer-term Treasury yields, particularly the benchmark 10-year yield, directly influence how much American consumers and businesses pay to borrow, including on mortgages and auto loans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

One pool of multifamily apartment mortgages issued in 2021 is already 53% delinquent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The juiciest shorts—the bonds ultimately backed by the mortgages most likely to default—had several characteristics.

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

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

She mortgaged her property and borrowed money from a neighbor for her journey.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

“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 group’s longtime leader, Carol Schatz, told the City Council at a public hearing that the city was mortgaging its future in a “misguided attempt to buy temporary peace with activists.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Migrants from Africa, Asia and South America are mortgaging their family land, selling their cars or borrowing money from loan sharks to embark on long, often treacherous journeys to reach the United States.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 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