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Not only does it create a lien against your home, but your relative could potentially foreclose on the property.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Friday's decision "is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury," Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in her opinion.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

The Debt Recovery Act of 1732, we are told, formalized the “ability of creditors to foreclose on American land”; without it, lending on land would have been almost impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

"There is an adequate state ground for the prosecution and that forecloses Supreme Court jurisdiction on that issue," Peck said.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024

In “Class,” however, that anger forecloses the greatest gift of the memoir genre, which is self-reflection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

But they shouldn’t adopt a theory of the First Amendment that forecloses such regulation entirely.

From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2023

“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

So you’ve got regulation and legislation basically foreclosed by Supreme Court decisions, and that leaves litigation.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Cityview is getting a roughly 40% discount for a newly renovated apartment complex in the Dallas metro area that was foreclosed on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Colony Ridge then benefited from the improvements made to the land it foreclosed on and resold the lots at higher prices.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026

Whether it was staying with the boyfriend of the month, or in a foreclosed home, or luxuriating in a mothballed beach house, I’ve done fine.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"At the same time, the warning could be interpreted as stopping short of completely foreclosing inter-Korean dialogue: essentially telling Seoul not to interfere unless it has something substantial to offer."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

On Sept. 26, CIM formally notified the Winnick family that it was foreclosing on Casa Encantada and the Malibu home, the latter of which was now owned by their three sons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

By foreclosing that tool, the court doesn’t just alter the shape of judicial relief.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025

The complaint said Shein was also “instigating and supporting dubious copyright infringement lawsuits” against Temu, which is owned by popular Chinese e-commerce site Pinduoduo Inc., and foreclosing Temu’s access to suppliers through exclusivity agreements.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

The day had almost arrived for Keane’s foreclosing.

From As We Sweep Through The Deep by Gordon Stables