Sunday, September 3, 2017

Foreclosure or bankruptcy when defaulting on a mortgage?

Say someone defaults on the mortgage for their home. Should they get the house foreclosed, or file for chapter 7 bankruptcy? Because when I was a kid this happened to me and I remember we filed for bankruptcy during the 2008 crisis but I'm wondering why we did this rather than getting the house foreclosed. Someone explain please?

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