Bank sells house with corpse

[lniles]

From correspondents in Madrid

May 16, 2007 01:43am

A SPANISH bank repossessed a house and put it up for auction complete with the mummified body of the former owner who had missed her mortgage payments.

The corpse, preserved by salty air in the seaside town of Roses after an apparent death by natural causes, was discovered by Jorge Giro, who entered the house for the first time on Saturday after buying it at the auction, El Pais said.

The dead woman, described by neighbours as having been in poor health and often absent visiting relatives in Madrid, had stopped paying her mortgage six years ago.

The unnamed bank which eventually repossessed the home never bothered to look inside before selling it.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21740590-13762,00.html

[ibjames]

Seriously, WTF!

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

In related news there’s a new standard CAR disclosure form on Mummies, to go along with the red-legged frog and nuclear power plant disclosures.

Mummies ?
Buyer Beware !!!!

[Cow_tipping]

That’s the new penalty for skipping on payments. They kill ya and make it look natural and dont even move the body so it looks even more natural.
Cool.
Cow_tipping.

[Cow_tipping]

That’s the new penalty for skipping on payments. They kill ya and make it look natural and dont even move the body so it looks even more natural.
Cool.
Cow_tipping.

[Ash Housewares]

Does the house come with a skeleton key?

[Ash Housewares]

Does the house come with a skeleton key?

[no_such_reality]

The dead woman… had stopped paying her mortgage six years ago.

Hey, isn’t that the bailout plan the screwed borrowers are hoping for?

[no_such_reality]

The dead woman… had stopped paying her mortgage six years ago.

Hey, isn’t that the bailout plan the screwed borrowers are hoping for?

[4plexowner]

This is one way we could use the current glut of un-needed housing units

Instead of taking up spaces in the local cemetaries we can use the downtown condos as tombs

It could even be a new tourist attraction – “Come to San Diego and visit the above-ground catacombs!”

[4plexowner]

This is one way we could use the current glut of un-needed housing units

Instead of taking up spaces in the local cemetaries we can use the downtown condos as tombs

It could even be a new tourist attraction – “Come to San Diego and visit the above-ground catacombs!”

[lniles]

LOL – Condo tombs!

[lniles]

LOL – Condo tombs!

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