In article , Phillip Vogel says...

Similarly, if I should decide that I don't want my house anymore (and it's
not advantageous for me to sell it), I can stop paying the bank, and they
can exersise their option to take posession.

Though, typically, you are still on the hook to pay the
rest of the loan. Read your YMMV contract.

Jim

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