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To bring to an end. Also: to bar or cut off for a default in payment of what is due on a mortgage.

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  • The bank wanted to foreclose on that property because the owner did not keep up on the payments.
  • "They granted you a mortgage, and that's recorded in the land records, and the company that has the mortgage and can foreclose is MERS."
  • We also believe that Fannie should have guidelines allowing servicers to proceed on a foreclosure only when its legal entitlement to foreclose is clearly documented.
  • Town Counsel Gerald Moody said the town could then foreclose, which is uncommon because people will usually find the money to keep their homes and property.
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