foreclose

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Pinnacle filed for bankruptcy last year after Flagstar moved to foreclose on the portfolio.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 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

Findley, 54, used several aliases to pose as the bogus lender, and threatened to foreclose on Graceland and auction the compound – unless the Presley family settled the claim for $2.85m.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

If the Journal’s reporting is accurate, for example, that would also foreclose any liability.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 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