Risk of land foreclosure due to home loan default

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A landowner who took out a mortgage to build a house on their property is unsure if their land ownership is at risk if they default on the home loan.

Who's affected: A homeowner who owns land outright but has a mortgage on the structure built upon it.

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What people do today

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

An educational platform that translates complex mortgage deed language into plain English for homeowners.
A legal-tech tool that analyzes property deeds to identify if the land is collateralized in a construction loan.
A directory of pro-bono legal clinics specializing in property rights and foreclosure prevention.

“What happens to the land if I can't pay the mortgage on the house that was built?”

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