Consequences of Walking Away from Mortgage
Homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth sometimes consider just walking away from the property. But there can be serious consequences to such a move.

One Florida borrower wrote in asking if the credit consequences are not a concern, is there any problem with abandoning mortgage obligations.

But the repercussions of walking away go beyond credit scores.
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