When a bank forecloses assets, how does a company report that? For example, a company has an outstanding loan for $1,000,000 secured by real estate, which is on the company's b/s at the purchase price of $2M. The bank sales off the real estate for $1.5M and uses the additional $500k to cover misc. fees. Does the company recognize a loss of $500k on the real estate and erase the loans from the b/s?
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