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zombie mortgages

zombie mortgages is the plural of zombie mortgage.

Meaning of zombie mortgage

Noun

zombie mortgage (plural zombie mortgages)

  1. (informal) A second mortgage which a debtor falsely believes to be forgiven or paid off, typically arising from a mortgage lender selling the debt to another servicer without notifying the borrower.
    • In other words, more than 500 zombie mortgages in a single state that are now coming back to life as companies file a form with the state indicating they intend to foreclose on the property.2023 May 10, Chris Arnold, et al., “Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming to life, threatening thousands of Americans' homes”, in NPR, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024

Questions about zombie mortgages

What is zombie mortgages the plural of?
Zombie mortgages is the plural of zombie mortgage.

Words near zombie mortgages in the dictionary

  1. zombie lie
  2. zombie lies
  3. zombie master
  4. zombie masters
  5. zombie mortgage
  6. zombie mortgages
  7. zombie network
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  9. zombie organization
  10. zombie organizations
  11. zombie out

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