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Also known as forced sale, compulsory auction

thumb|House in Salinas, California, under foreclosure, following the bursting of the [[2000s United States housing bubble.]]

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  • Types
  • Judicial
  • Nonjudicial
  • Strict
  • Acceleration
  • Process
  • Strict and judicial
  • Nonjudicial
  • Defenses
  • Equitable foreclosure
  • Title search and tax lien issues
  • Contesting a foreclosure
  • Foreclosure auction
  • Further borrower's obligations
  • Renegotiation alternative
  • Experiences of households post-foreclosure
  • Affected demographics
  • Recent trends
  • Impact of foreclosure
  • By country
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Ireland
  • People's Republic of China
  • Mortgages and foreclosure
  • Philippines
  • Spain
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada (Alberta)
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|House in Salinas, California, under foreclosure, following the bursting of the [[2000s United States housing bubble.]]

Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of a loan from a borrower who has stopped making payments to the lender by forcing the sale of the asset used as the collateral for the loan.

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