A buyer purchases property for $45,000 in cash and assumes the seller's outstanding mortgage balance of $98,500. The lender executes a release for the seller. The buyer fails to make any mortgage payments, and the lender forecloses. At the foreclosure sale, the property is sold for $75,000. Based on these facts, unless state law provides anti-deficiency protection, who is liable, and for what amount? The seller is solely liable for $23,500. The buyer is solely liable for $23,500 The buyer and the seller are equally liable for $23,500.

A buyer purchases property for $45,000 in cash and assumes the seller's outstanding mortgage balance of $98,500. The lender executes a release for the seller. The buyer fails to make any mortgage payments, and the lender forecloses. At the foreclosure sale, the property is sold for $75,000. Based on these facts, unless state law provides anti-deficiency protection, who is liable, and for what amount? The seller is solely liable for $23,500. The buyer is solely liable for $23,500 The buyer and the seller are equally liable for $23,500.

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Mortgages

A mortgage is a formal agreement in which a bank or other financial institution lends cash at interest in return for assuming the title to the debtor's property, on the condition that the obligation is paid in full.

Mortgage

The term "mortgage" is a type of loan that a borrower takes to maintain his house or any form of assets and he agrees to return the amount in a particular period of time to the lender usually in a series of regular equally monthly, quarterly, or half-yearly payments.

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A buyer purchases property for $45,000 in cash and assumes the seller's outstanding mortgage balance of $98,500. The lender executes a release for the seller. The
buyer fails to make any mortgage payments, and the lender forecloses. At the foreclosure sale, the property is sold for $75,000. Based on these facts, unless state
law provides anti-deficiency protection, who is liable, and for what amount?
The seller is solely liable for $23,500.
The buyer is solely liable for $23,500.
The buyer and the seller are equally liable for $23,500.
The buyer is solely liable for $30,000

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