In 2006, Jan and Lou bought a house for $100,000. After a year, they still owed $98,000, but the home was worth $220,000, so they used it as collateral to get a $90,000 loan to buy a boat. What have they done?

a. taken out a hybrid loan
b. bought a mortgage-backed security
c. borrowed against their equity
d. entered a subprime mortgage

c. borrowed against their equity

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