low-rate
Americanverb (used with object)
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It could also prevent older owners who have low-rate mortgages or are mortgage-free from listing their properties to avoid expensive loans when buying.
From MarketWatch
Lock-in effects caused by existing low-rate mortgages and capital-gains taxes on home sales at inflated prices.
The difference, $103,059, is the capitalized value of keeping the current low-rate mortgage.
“Many people have very, very low-rate mortgages from the pandemic period, and they kept refinancing and caught the really lowest, so it’s maybe expensive for them to move,” Powell said.
From MarketWatch
U.S. companies took advantage of a low-rate environment to issue debt, pay dividends, and repurchase shares.
From Barron's
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