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home loan

British  

noun

  1. an informal name for mortgage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some lenders are offering first-time buyers the chance of a home loan with a smaller deposit, but the Bank of Mum and Dad remains one of the biggest lenders of all.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Don’t miss: A relative offered me a $25,000 home loan secured by a lien that must be repaid within a year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Mortgage rates recently fell below 6%—learn how to get today’s best home loan rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

That’s a big departure from the standard 30-year, fixed-rate home loan, the most popular option.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

Its business was credit cards, not home loans, but it dealt with the same socioeconomic class of people whose home loan borrowing would end in catastrophe just a few years later.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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