What is a mortgage? Is that a loan to buy your house, a loan you take against your house, both, or neither?

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted under Loans.
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by Fibonacci Blue

Question by Eric: What is a mortgage? Is that a loan to buy your house, a loan you take against your house, both, or neither?
How is it I hear of people getting two of them?

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Answer by Brett P
A mortgage can either be a loan you get to pay for your house, or a loan you take out on the equity of your house. It is in essence any loan that uses your house as collateral.

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