How to Use foreclosure in a Sentence

foreclosure

noun
Definition of foreclosurenext
  • At the time of the foreclosure, the GBTC shares traded for $9.20 each.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Now, with the house in foreclosure, someone called the city to check on her.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And Sylvia bought the studio out of foreclosure and gave it to us as part of our record deal.
    — Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, the couple had lost their home to foreclosure and would be forced to move out.
    — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The Aberdeen home, built in 1960, is facing the threat of foreclosure.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • Homes that were in foreclosure prior to the pandemic will be the first to go through the process.
    — Miriam Moore, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • If so, not paying the golf club dues can lead to foreclosure.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Brien sold the windows as bills mounted and the house neared foreclosure.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • But for owners who cannot pay the growing cost, the tax sale can lead to foreclosure.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, the group has fought back with road shows and foreclosure of loans to try and soothe nervous investors.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Englanoff has made an offer to pay off Hankey’s debt in that amount to end the foreclosure process.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The man who had just lost his home to foreclosure now had enough money to help his friends with their mortgages.
    — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Failing to pay, in the worst case scenario, could have led to lawsuits and foreclosures.
    — Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • That would wipe out all the other lenders, who would have their liens against the property erased by the foreclosure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The building was last used as a church before the city acquired it through tax foreclosure in 2016.
    — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Court records show there was a foreclosure on the property.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The first is in the case of a foreclosure, where a property becomes abandoned.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Due to a family dispute, the house was lost to foreclosure.
    — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, should the loan default, what would the property fetch in a foreclosure?
    — Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The property, which was held in a trust, was also in tax foreclosure.
    — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2021
  • In 1996, the bank that held the loan for the big Crossroads overhaul threatened foreclosure — twice — before taking over the mall.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Therefore, if the borrower defaults on the loan, the lender must go through the courts to take back the property through foreclosure.
    — Ignite Funding, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The tour of the family's mansion comes weeks after the foreclosure was resolved.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The council voted to table foreclosure for a year to see if the lien amount is satisfied by that time.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2022
  • But despite the late-night crowds, the Standard is facing foreclosure.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2021
  • He is scheduled to bring the foreclosure proposal to the City Council on Wednesday.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Currently, the city has 30 foreclosures pending in the courts.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
  • The Cultural Park has been on the market since being purchased out of foreclosure more than a decade ago.
    — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The value of office complexes is plunging as foreclosures mount, a problem not unique to Oakland.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The arrest comes one day after Burrell's island estate was sold at a foreclosure auction for $12.52 million.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024

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