Ben Benanke's childhood home has been sold in foreclosure because the current owners couldn't make the payments of $1,088 per month.
The Fed Chairman grew up in Dillon, S.C. and lived in the four bedroom, three bath, 2383 square-foot house with red-oak floors.
The last owners bought the house in 2006 with a 10.1%, 30year fixed rate mortgage but job loss and a divorce handicapped them from keeping up with the payments.
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