A Guide To Home Foreclosure

By Doc Schmyz

Your mortgage is the most important bill we have to pay every month. Besides credit card bills, we also have to make sure we don't miss our other monthly payments. When we fail to pay the mortgage; foreclosure happens and we lose our home.

Foreclosure...what exactly is it?

Should you miss a number of payments; your mortgage lender has the right to foreclose on the home by selling or repossessing the property. In most cases these properties are auctioned.

The usual number of payments that borrowers miss before their house goes into foreclosure is 3 months. In other cases the lender may accelerate the payment to give the borrower a chance to settle his or her debt. They will require the borrower to pay all the missed payments at once.

Lenders can choose several types of foreclosure.

Judicial foreclosure

The lender sues the homeowner. If the owner of the house does not respond to the lawsuit the lender wins. The property is then put up for auction. A court official will be in charge of the auction. Participants will have to compete with the mortgage lenders bid. If no one out bids the mortgage lender he repossesses the house. Otherwise, the deed will go to the highest bidder.

Foreclosure by the power of sale

The deed of the house goes directly back to the mortgage lender. The house is then sold by a real estate agent. Proceeds earned from the sale will be used for paying off the amount owed by the former homeowner. If the proceeds are not enough to cover the mortgage amount the lender will issue a deficiency judgment.

The deficiency judgment is the amount left after the proceeds from the sale cover the mortgage owed by the previous homeowner. The previous homeowner is liable for it.

Strict foreclosure

The court orders the borrower to pay the mortgage in a certain period of time. If the borrower fails the property will go directly back to the mortgage lender without any obligation to sell it.

Judicial and foreclosure by power of sale are the most commonly used methods in United States. Other states use other methods. Strict foreclosure was originally used but is now only utilized by a few states such as Vermont and New Hampshire. - 23309

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