How to Use mortgage in a Sentence

mortgage

1 of 2 noun
  • They hope to pay off the mortgage on their home soon.
  • He will have to take out a mortgage in order to buy the house.
  • How much does a home mortgage cost?
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Shop for mortgage rates and lenders here now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In turn, mortgage rates may fall.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • What do oil costs have to do with mortgage rates?
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Let’s start with mortgage fraud.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Will mortgage rates drop again?
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That, in turn, could push up mortgage rates.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • That mortgage rate progress has all but been erased now, though.
    Aly J Yale, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • What could cause mortgage rates to drop in April?
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Is a 15-year mortgage worth it now?
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • What does the Fed rate cut mean for mortgage rates?
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What does the Fed rate cut mean for mortgage rates?
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Owning a home comes with more than a mortgage.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • Find out how low your mortgage loan rate could be today.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Find out how low your mortgage loan rate could be today.
    Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The whole point of mortgage shopping is to find your best deal.
    Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • This means consumers pay more for their debt and mortgages.
    Allison Schrager, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options here.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options here.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Here's what the next Fed rate cut could mean for your mortgage.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Shop for mortgage rates and lenders online now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Shop for mortgage rates and lenders online now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Shop for mortgage rates and lenders online now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Shop for mortgage rates and lenders online now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026

mortgage

2 of 2 verb
  • I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party.
  • She mortgaged her house in order to buy the restaurant.
  • When could mortgage rates drop close to 5% again?
    Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Is that enough of a sample size to mortgage the team’s future?
    James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Knicks mortgaged their future for the present.
    James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • People would mortgage their homes and sell jewellery to raise funds to make their movies.
    Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Some even sold their bonds and mortgaged their homes in an effort to ride the rising wave.
    Elizabeth Wolfe and Michelle Krupa, CNN, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The record also tells you that Turner owned his home and that it was mortgaged.
    The Root, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Every shack, trailer, ranch house and split foyer mortgaged till the end of time.
    Nathan Hill, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Lesser clubs don’t have to mortgage their long-term futures with short notice.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Second and third mortgaging the house.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Right now, these properties are not being resold or mortgaged.
    Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • So hot, in fact, that some are mortgaging their homes to buy the cryptocurrency.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Enslaved people could be bought on credit, so banks that mortgaged the sales made money, too.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 16 June 2023
  • Now that rates are spiking, so will mortgage payments for new borrowers.
    Fortune, 23 Feb. 2022
  • If necessary, Murtagh’s parents would have mortgaged their house to pay for it.
    Rebecca Johnson, Vogue, 18 July 2017
  • What could mortgage interest rates look like by the end of 2026?
    Aly J Yale, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike in the last downturn, homeowners aren’t mortgaged to the hilt.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The Rams mortgaged a bundle in trading up to draft the young passer No.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Rush claimed that some people have gone as far as to mortgage their home for a chance to see the wreckage from Titan.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • New York isn’t in win-now mode and won’t mortgage its future for that starting rotation piece.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 19 July 2017
  • And where could mortgage interest rates be headed as the year progresses?
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s how the road less traveled can lead you to long-term success, while your peers’ shortcuts mortgage their long-term futures.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Could mortgage interest rates ever be 3% again?
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Rales said the ownership group will be careful not to make short-term decisions that mortgage the future.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The top five cities on the list were still likely to be profitable if properties were mortgaged, the company found.
    Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Either blow it all up and rebuild, or mortgage the future to fix the lack of chemistry and skill on this basketball team.
    Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
  • All of those general managers, at one point or another, mortgaged the future for the present.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Would New England be willing to mortgage assets this year and next year to get nearby?
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • And students shouldn’t have to mortgage their futures for a fair shot at middle-class security.
    Jamie Merisotis, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

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