second mortgage

Example Sentences

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Aaron Levinson wanted to go to a World Cup game this summer, but he didn’t want to take out a second mortgage to pay for that.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

With the loans consolidated, the payments are “doable,” he said, though he describes them as a second mortgage.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 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

A big source of its growth had been the second mortgage.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis