repossess
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When borrowers default or people can no longer justify maintenance fees, timeshare operators can repossess or cheaply buy back their vacation ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Allowing the lender to repossess the vehicle is one option.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025
The BBC also heard landlords were grappling with financial pressures - while the body representing lenders said seeking to repossess a home was "always a last resort".
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Hankey has said the goal is to stop loans from going bad, not repossess vehicles, which is costly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
And if their lives were their own, why couldn’t they repossess this part?
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
That is certainly a possibility, but it is a long, legal process before a lender repossesses somebody's home.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
And when buyers lose everything, the company repossesses the houses and sells them anew.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
He repossesses about 600 cars a year, getting paid an average of about $350 a car, mostly, if not always, by himself.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2015
No. Bank repossesses your land, that’s what happens.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Colony Ridge repossessed more than 15,000 lots, many owned by immigrants, a 2023 investigation by the Houston Landing found.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
After four months his drivers license will be suspended and personal property, like a car, could be repossessed, or even be subject to wage garnishment.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
The brokerage expects the company’s cash collection rate to improve, losses from repossessed truck sales to narrow and non-performing-loan ratio and credit costs to be lower in 2026-2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
He smells of money, and she has a family whose house is about to be repossessed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Bills piled up rapidly, and he was soon faced with the loss of his most precious medical instruments: his adding machine was repossessed, and then his typewriter.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Caviness, 33, said he has been repossessing cars his entire adult life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Leasing companies warn that restrictions on repossessing their assets in case of defaults will drive up costs for all Indian airlines - even for IndiGo and Air India.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Payment difficulties can lead to banks and building societies repossessing houses, although lenders try to avoid this.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023
Going to the vidphone, Iran said, “Why are you afraid? They're not repossessing the goat, not yet.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
