With regard to real estate, a sale transaction in which the seller’s lender receives from closing proceeds an amount less than the full amount that is owed according to the terms of the seller’s loan. A short sale is predicated on the fact that secured debt exceeds the property’s value and that the seller has some hardship that makes repayment of the full amount of the debt impossible.
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