Love loses house

A Los Angeles mortgage company owns the historic Seattle bungalow Courtney Love bought in the 1990s, after an auction generated no bids.

WMC Mortgage filed a lawsuit last year seeking foreclosure after Love stopped paying the bills.

The debt on the house totalled US$386,000 ($557,000), which includes court costs, sheriff's fees and interest, said Thurston County Sheriff's Sgt Dan McLendon. Love could have prevented the auction by paying off the debt.

Love, widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, bought the property in 1997 for Cobain's family.