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mortgage

[mawr-gij] / ˈmɔr gɪdʒ /
NOUN
loan agreement
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“If there are too many homes and house prices do drop, will that affect mortgage delinquencies, as well as fewer mortgage originations?”

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Four years ago, I paid off the remaining balance of my mom’s mortgage and also paid off a $16,000 used-car loan.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026

Much of it is driven by mortgage debt, which analysts argue helps increase net worth, while the rest is consumer credit and other loans.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

For the working and middle classes, changing economic realities such as stubbornly high mortgage rates have led to a new calculus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

The subprime mortgage market was generating half a trillion dollars’ worth of new loans a year, but the circle of people redistributing the risk that the entire market would collapse was tiny.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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