Generally, when real estate is purchased the buyer must borrow the purchase money from a lender. The buyer enters a contract with the lender and one of the terms of the contract is that the lender can take possession of the property and sell it if the borrower defaults on the payments.
Foreclosure is the legal proceeding by which a lender terminates a mortgagor's interest in the property after the mortgagor has failed to make the payments. The foreclosing lender takes possession of and sells property.
Generally, when real estate is purchased the buyer must borrow the purchase money from a lender. The buyer enters a contract with the lender and one of the terms of the contract is that the lender can take possession of the property and sell it if the borrower defaults on the payments.
Foreclosure is the legal proceeding by which a lender terminates a mortgagor's interest in the property after the mortgagor has failed to make the payments. The foreclosing lender takes possession of and sells property.