mortgage
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"I'm not cross at my mortgage provider for making me continue to pay the mortgage," Williams says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the meantime, Williams is paying a mortgage of £750, and hopes to receive a payout from administrators to help pay it off.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
While used-home sales make up a much larger share of the U.S. property market, the surprisingly large drop suggested rising mortgage rates were taking a greater toll on market activity than previously recognized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
One such option is a reverse mortgage, whereby homeowners take out a loan against their home equity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Now the subprime mortgage bond market appeared to be unraveling.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Reverse mortgages unlock wealth while overcoming the costs and emotional aspects of selling a house, but they can put a serious dent in bequests as fees and interest add up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Longer-term Treasury yields set the floor for what Americans pay to borrow on mortgages, car loans and credit cards.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Talking of bills, what of mortgages and where does this leave the Bank of England?
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Treasurys play a major role in determining borrowing costs across the economy, including 30-year mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Millions of Americans had no ability to repay their mortgages unless their houses rose dramatically in value, which enabled them to borrow even more.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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To finance “I Am Frankelda,” Roy and Arturo mortgaged two homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
A bit more examination reveals that Rory’s heavily mortgaged ancestral manse is ripe for foreclosure, so the shrewd Birdie and a few new acquaintances step in with an unorthodox plan to stop such proceedings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Just over half of mortgaged households will roll off fixes and are expected to see higher monthly payments over the next three years.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Put differently, the average mortgaged homeowner now spends more than a full month’s housing payment each year on insurance.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
He saw himself as a muckraking gadfly and had mortgaged his brownstone five times to keep The Phoenix going.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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“Russia would be further mortgaging its future for the sake of military gains,” said Alexander Kolyandr, a director at the consulting firm Eurasia Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Mid-cap players are mortgaging chunks of their businesses to get in on the action, too.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
But she stuck to her guns, mortgaging her house to finance the project — and it seems to have paid off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Migrants from Africa, Asia and South America are mortgaging their family land, selling their cars or borrowing money from loan sharks to embark on long, often treacherous journeys to reach the United States.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Almost immediately, the financial slide began, but was artificially buoyed by extravagant bank loans that Chacko raised by mortgaging the family’s rice fields around the Ayemenem House.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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