In my research on Japanese internment, the property of Japanese- Americans is often described as "lost" but doesn't go into any detail how it was lost. For instance, another post on /askhistorians from u/Devchonachko said that, "What commonly happened was the loss of property to speculators, or shops and property handed over to friends were often lost during the war (Burgan, 2007)" and that "Not everyone returned to their property after the war, it was often written off as a loss."

Could someone elaborate on how the speculators and shops acquired the property? Were the houses foreclosed?

I have gathered that the houses were often looted but did they also lose ownership of the property as well?

Articles welcome.

Thank you.