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On Sept. 26, CIM formally notified the Winnick family that it was foreclosing on Casa Encantada and the Malibu home, the latter of which was now owned by their three sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Prudential, which was foreclosing on the portfolio, sold it for only $72 million — half the value of the mortgages on the properties.

From New York Times • May 23, 2017

Stassen said he was "foreclosing any consideration" for President or Vice President in order to bring about an "open" 1956 convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it got out of that business because it was foreclosing on too many of its own loans during the Depression.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was foreclosing mortgages, buying half-starved horses and steers for a song, selling hay and straw at fabulous prices.

From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Vachell, Horace Annesley