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a second or bigger mortgage on your property, especially a house; = home equity loan AmE; SECOND MORTGAGE:
• A remortgage is one of the cheapest ways of borrowing money.
[m0] ▪ II. remortgage re‧mort‧gage 1 [ˌriːˈmɔːgɪdʒ ǁ -ɔːr-] verb [intransitive, transitive] FINANCE PROPERTY BANKINGto borrow money by having a second or bigger mortgage (= loan) on your property, especially a house:• He advised me to remortgage with a lender with a lower interest rate.
• Millions of homeowners have remortgaged their homes to take advantage of lower interest deals.
— remortgaging noun [uncountable] :• There are costs involved in remortgaging which you should weigh up against the savings you will make.
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Ⅰ.remortgage UK US /ˌriːˈmɔːgɪdʒ/ verb [I or T] UK FINANCE, PROPERTY► to replace a mortgage that you already have with a new mortgage, for example one with lower interest rates: »Fears that interest rates might increase before the end of the year spurred homeowners to remortgage.
remortgage your home/house/property »They remortgaged the family home in order to finance the business.
Ⅱ.remortgage UK US /ˌriːˈmɔːgɪdʒ/ noun [C] UK FINANCE, PROPERTY► a financial arrangement in which someone replaces a mortgage that they already have with a new mortgage, for example one with lower interest rates: »340,000 loans and remortgages were granted to buy-to-let landlords in 2007.
»Our deal offers free valuation and free legal work on remortgages.
»remortgage deals/packages/schemes
Financial and business terms. 2012.