house poor

house poor definition - finance
An informal term that indicates that an individual or family has little spare cash because a large percentage of  income is going to pay a mortgage.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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