<p>You must sell the house(s) before you can mortgage the property. From the <a href="https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/monins.pdf" rel="noreferrer">rules</a>, page 4 (emphasis mine):</p>

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  <p>MORTGAGES… Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through
  the Bank at any time. Before an improved property can be mortgaged,
  <strong>all the buildings on all the properties of its color-group must be sold</strong>
  back to the Bank at half price.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>In Monopoly, suppose you own the brown color group ("Old Kent Road" and "Whitechapel Road"). Now further suppose you have built a single house on either one of these two properties (eg Old Kent Road).</p>

<p><strong>Can you now take out a mortgage on the other (Whitechapel Road) one or do you have to sell the house (on Old Kent Road) first?</strong></p>

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Can you take a mortgage on a property if the other properties of the same color have a house?
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# Can you take a mortgage on a property if the other properties of the same color have a house?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-04)

In Monopoly, suppose you own the brown color group ("Old Kent Road" and "Whitechapel Road"). Now further suppose you have built a single house on either one of these two properties (eg Old Kent Road).

**Can you now take out a mortgage on the other (Whitechapel Road) one or do you have to sell the house (on Old Kent Road) first?**

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-04. Score: 11 | Accepted answer

You must sell the house(s) before you can mortgage the property. From the [rules](https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/monins.pdf), page 4 (emphasis mine):

> MORTGAGES… Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through
> the Bank at any time. Before an improved property can be mortgaged,
> **all the buildings on all the properties of its color-group must be sold**
> back to the Bank at half price.


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