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
• unassumable
  adjective
• assumably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of assumable

First recorded in 1775–85; assume + -able

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

assumable

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

For buyers to secure lower rates from previous owners, mortgages would have to be made assumable retroactively—a far-from-certain assumption and likely logistically difficult given the way mortgages are packaged and sold to investors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Government-backed mortgages such as Federal Housing Administration or Veterans Affairs loans are already assumable, but they account for a small fraction of the overall market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025

I answer that, The human flesh is assumable by the Word on account of the order which it has to the rational soul as to its proper form.

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