mortgage

Archer had taken out a second mortgage, as well as borrowing large sums from elsewhere, to raise money for the investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“There is no ‘magic score’ to qualify for a home mortgage, but a high score may qualify you for a higher loan or better interest rate,” Wells Fargo says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

According to 2025 data from 4,768 banks, credit unions and mortgage companies, 18% of mortgage applications were denied.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The 30-year mortgage rate averaged 8% between 1971 and 2019 and hovered between 7% and 9% during most of the 1990s, when the economy grew 3.4% annually on average.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Once again they shocked and delighted him: Goldman Sachs e-mailed him a great long list of crappy mortgage bonds to choose from.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

That’s raised the costs of new mortgages, corporate borrowing and financing the $40 trillion national debt.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

As mortgage rates rise, the math break down for homeowners with lower-rate mortgages looking to move.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

They predict a short-term hit to the housing market as many mortgages rely on two incomes and housing has gotten more expensive relative to salaries, especially for buyers already stretched financially thin.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages leapt to 7.28% from 7.03%, the biggest jump since October of 2022, according to Freddie Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Venetian hotel—Palazzo Ducale on the outside, Divine Comedy on the inside—was overrun by thousands of white men in business casual now earning their living, one way or another, off subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The other was the son of a farmer who mortgaged his future for his child's education.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Walt Disney mortgaged everything, convinced Snow White would be a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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

The couple mortgaged their Hollywood Hills home again and again to finance his films, she said, in an effort to remain independent from the tight reins of Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

One afternoon, Elizabeth listened to a widow named Flora Campbell tearfully explain that, without her consent, her husband had mortgaged the farm that had been in her family for years.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“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

He’s a strong candidate for a team that wants a front-end starter without mortgaging the future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Mid-cap players are mortgaging chunks of their businesses to get in on the action, too.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

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