home loan

noun

: a legal agreement in which a person borrows money to buy property (such as a house) and pays back the money over a period of years

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Instead, mortgage rates rose and kept climbing until the average rate on a 30-year home loan reached just over 7% by mid-January. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025 That’s when mortgage payments – one-third of Californians don’t have a home loan – plus items such as insurance, utilities and association dues top 50% of an owner’s income. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025 Refinance demand surged 60% last week amid a drop in home loan costs. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025 The second home loan rate was 3.25%, versus 3.05% for first home loans, thus providing an incentive. Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home loan

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“Home loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20loan. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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