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The foreclosure process as applied to residential mortgage loans is a bank or other secured creditor selling or repossessing a parcel of real property after the owner has failed to comply with an agreement between the lender and borrower called a "mortgage" or "deed of trust".
Mortgage lenders use the home you buy as collateral or security for your loan. If you fail to make payments, your lender can foreclose and sell your home to recoup the money it lent you.
A Notice of Trustee's Sale notify homeowners and mortgage borrowers that their property will be sold at a trustee's sale on a specific date and at a specific location. The actual sale typically completes a non-judicial foreclosure. The highest bidder at a trustee's sale gets title to the property; if no one bids, the title to the property keeps ...
Judicial foreclosure: With a judicial foreclosure, the lender files a lawsuit and the borrower is notified of the non-payment. The homeowner has 30 days to make up the missed payments, otherwise ...
Introduced in the House as "Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989" H.R. 1278 by Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX) on March 6, 1989; Committee consideration by House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House Government Operations, House Judiciary, House Rules, House Ways and Means
Foreclosure is the process where the lender gains control over your property after you stop paying your mortgage. Without prompt action, you could lose your house. Without prompt action, you could ...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) defines an abandoned foreclosure as a mortgage that: has entered foreclosure, the servicer decides to not continue pursuing its interest in a mortgage loan (has stopped the foreclosure proceedings), the servicer has charged off the loan (considers it worthless), and; the home is vacant.
A deed in lieu of foreclosure is when a homeowner voluntarily transfers their property title to the lender to be released from their mortgage obligations. This alternative to foreclosure can be ...