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Hotels have recently sold at steep discounts from their purchase price, and several have defaulted on loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Borrowers are considered to have defaulted if they failed to make payments for 270 days.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Dozens of developers, whose legions of high-rise apartments have transformed urban landscapes across China, have defaulted on their debts.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

Brookfield, meanwhile, which also owns offices through a separate entity, is among downtown landlords who have defaulted on office building loans in recent months and lost their properties to their lenders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Despite the invaluable advertising to be derived from an installation of such distinction, the Otises would probably have defaulted had they foreseen the difficulties which preceded completion of the work.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.