lock in
Example Sentences
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The “lock-in effect,” where homeowners who didn’t want to give up their relatively low rates refused to sell their homes, effectively froze the housing market.
From MarketWatch
The lock-in effect is now fading.
From MarketWatch
Housing inventory has already been rising sharply as the lock-in effect fades.
From MarketWatch
For many of these homeowners, the lock-in effect doesn’t hold them back from selling their home, because they’re not paying a mortgage on the property.
From MarketWatch
"We were his first British radio interview," she says, recalling that he did a lock-in at his studio to show her his latest tracks.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
