Sentence examples for used mortgages from inspiring English sources

She was good for the home builder and the banks, which used mortgages like hers to reach a new market for consumer loans.

Most British homebuyers in Florida used mortgages, often from Lloyds TSB or Bank of America, which used to offer promising terms for international buyers.

Like many developers around the country, the Levitts used mortgage programs to which the Federal Courts would not apply the Brown principle.

They were especially leery of asset-backed commercial paper, which sometimes uses mortgages and credit card receivables as collateral.

Andrew Montlake, director of the mortgage broker Coreco, said professional landlords tended to use mortgages to fund their portfolios even if they had enough cash to buy property outright.

Jonathan J. Miller, the president of Miller Samuel, an appraisal company that specializes in the New York City market, said that many of the wealthiest buyers did not even use mortgages.

As Wall Street bankers designed ever more securitized products — using mortgages, credit-card debt, car loans, corporate debt, every type of paper imaginable — the agencies became truly powerful.

There are the people who bought homes they could not afford, using mortgages that should never have been issued, and have now lost their homes.

Meanwhile, the association says, retirees are increasingly using mortgages as a financial tool — and not simply as a last resort to pay for health care emergencies and the like.

Some banks now try to use mortgages as quid pro quo for other business opportunities; for example, clients may be required to place money with their wealth-management arms before they are given a loan.

Almost 75% of purchasers use mortgage finance.