Answer: mortgages

AnswerCrossword Clue
MORTGAGESBank portfolios
MORTGAGESHomeowners' burdens
mortgagesThe charging of real (or personal) property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt (esp. one incurred by the purchase of the property), on the condition that it shall be returned on payment of the debt within a certain period
mortgagesA deed effecting such a transaction
mortgagesMORTGAGE, to pledge to a creditor as security
mortgagesA loan obtained through the conveyance of property as security