assumable

American  

[uh-soo-muh-buhl] / əˈsu mə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation.

   Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.

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Other Word Forms

• assumability noun
• assumably adverb
• unassumable adjective

Etymology

Origin of assumable

First recorded in 1775–85; assume + -able

Example Sentences

And the White House, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two enterprises that back most U.S. mortgages — continues to push the idea of portable and assumable mortgages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

The only solutions he mentioned were assumable mortgages and portable mortgages.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Pulte this weekend also said that government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are “evaluating how to do assumable or portable mortgages.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

“At Fannie and Freddie, we are evaluating how to do assumable or portable mortgages, in a safe and sound manner,” Pulte later added.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

For the flesh would not have been assumable, except by its relation to the rational soul, through which it becomes human flesh.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint