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  2. Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia

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    These companies persuaded the Georgia state assembly to sell more than 40,000,000 acres (160,000 km 2) of land for $500,000. Many Georgia officials and legislators were offered shares in these companies or bribes to secure their agreement to the sale.

  3. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia Archives – official Archives of the State of Georgia; Boston Public Library, Map Center. Maps of Georgia Archived May 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, various dates. Local History & Genealogy Reference Services, "Georgia", Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State, Bibliographies & Guides, Washington DC: Library of Congress

  4. 2010 United States foreclosure crisis - Wikipedia

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    [20] [21] Since the 2010 crisis, 62 million mortgages are held in the name of MERS, [22] and MERS has initiated thousands of foreclosures in the United States, claiming to be the mortgagee of record. Lawyers have contended in court that MERS has no legal right to initiate a foreclosure, because MERS does not own the loans in question.

  5. ‘It’s totally insane’: Georgia homeowners share horror ...

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    Here’s how HOA fees, liens and foreclosures come about. Read more: Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey invest in this asset to keep their wealth safe — you may want to do the same in 2024 HOA liens

  6. Foreclosure - Wikipedia

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    The 1990 Regulations on Granting Land Use Rights dealt further with this followed by the Urban Real Estate Law (adopted July 5, 1994), [42] the "Security Law of the People's Republic of China" (adopted June 30, 1995), and then the "Urban Mortgage Measures" (issued May 9, 1997) [43] resulting in land privatization and mortgage lending practices.

  7. Repossession - Wikipedia

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    Repossession, commonly referred to as repo, is a "self-help" type of action in which the party having the right of ownership of a property takes the property in question back from the party having right of possession without invoking court proceedings.

  8. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the ...

  9. Secondary mortgage market: What it is and how it works - AOL

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    For example, a bank may originate a loan but sell it in the secondary market while retaining the right to service the mortgage. As a loan originator, the bank underwrites, processes, funds and ...