second mortgage
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The most common type of down-payment assistance, according to Down Payment Resource, is a second mortgage, or piggyback loan, which has grown in popularity as affordability has challenged home buyers.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 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
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
The second mortgage killed them and Lydia left her post as a pianist with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
A big source of its growth had been the second mortgage.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
