Default and remedies

Deed in lieu of foreclosure

A borrower voluntarily conveying the property to the lender to avoid foreclosure

It saves both sides the cost and time of a foreclosure, and the lender must be willing to accept it. A lender generally will not where junior liens exist, because those liens survive rather than being wiped out as they would be at a foreclosure sale.

How the exam asks about it

The junior lien problem is the examinable reason a lender might refuse one.

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