noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge
▪ small
▪ cheap
▪
Banks often offer their employees cheap ~s.
▪ endowment ( BrE ), repayment ( BrE ), reverse ( AmE )
▪ adjustable-rate ( AmE ), fixed-rate , variable-rate ( BrE )
▪ home , residential
▪ first , second
▪
He raised the money by taking out a second ~ on his house.
VERB + MORTGAGE
▪ have , hold
▪
We have a big ~.
▪ buy ( AmE ), get , take out
▪
They were having trouble getting a ~.
▪
We'll have to take out a second ~ to pay for this wedding!
▪ pay , pay off , redeem ( esp. BrE ), repay ( esp. BrE )
▪
He wasn't earning enough to pay the ~.
▪
There are penalties if you want to redeem your ~ early.
▪ fall behind on ( esp. AmE ), fall behind with ( BrE ), get behind on ( esp. AmE )
▪
They fell behind with/on their ~, so their home was repossessed.
▪ sell
▪ refinance
MORTGAGE + NOUN
▪ payment , repayment ( BrE )
▪
They were struggling to keep up with their ~ payments.
▪ application
▪ loan
▪ credit
▪ debt
▪ business , industry , market
▪ banker , broker , company , lender
▪ finance
▪ product
▪ insurance
▪ interest , rate
▪
~ interest payments ( esp. BrE )
▪
a rise in ~ rates
▪ portfolio
▪ refinancing
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of $800 000
▪ ~ on
▪
I couldn't get a ~ on the property.