second mortgage
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Another said their flat was "unmortgageable and therefore unsaleable" because of the high ground rent, which meant they had to delay starting a family as they could not afford a second mortgage.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Plus, there was the $42,000 she still owed from a second mortgage on her home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
And I had to have a second mortgage on my house to guarantee the show to go into that building.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
Last year, Zeldin and his wife obtained a second mortgage, for $712,500, on a property in Washington, D.C., a short walk from the EPA’s headquarters.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025
A big source of its growth had been the second mortgage.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
