KATU News reports that an elderly Oregon couple committed suicide this week by running their car in their garage while leaving the house door open. Officials involved with the investigation reportedly suspect that the couple believed they had few choices after receiving notice that their home was being foreclosed upon.
Deputies responded to a call from neighbors who grew concerned when the elderly couple did not answer the door and when the couple's several dogs were not in sight, sources say. The couple's four golden retrievers were also found dead in the house.
Some of the responding officers grew sick from the carbon monoxide fumes in the house, but were treated quickly and returned to good health.
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Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions, notably in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location. Real estate law is the body of regulations and legal codes which pertain to such matters under a particular jurisdiction. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property (also sometimes called realty), in contrast with personal property (also sometimes called chattel or personalty under chattel law or personal property law).
However, in some situations the term “real estate” refers to the land and fixtures together, as distinguished from “real property,” referring to ownership rights of the land itself. The terms real estate and real property are used primarily in common law, while civil law jurisdictions refer instead to immovable property.
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