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Untitled Document GLOSSARY OF TERMS
The current economic crisis has brought these esoteric terms into mainstream conversation.
 TERMS  

Foreclosure
 
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Foreclosure is the forced sale of property pledged as security for a debt that is in default.

It’s a term that has sadly become all too familiar during the current economic meltdown.  With the mortgage crisis and an overall weak economy teetering on recession, many people have been unable to make their mortgage payments. Banks and lending institutions have initiated the legal process of foreclosure,  forcing homes and property to be sold in order to satisfy the debt. 

SeeFannie Mae/Freddie Mac.

 
 

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