Property foreclosure is a situation in which a homeowner is unable to make full principal and interest payments on his/her mortgage, which allows the lender to seize the property, evict the homeowner and sell the home, as stipulated in the mortgage agreement. One month after the homeowner misses a home loan payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six a few months after the homeowner does not show for a mortgage payment, presuming the mortgage is still delinquent, and the house owner has not composed the missed payments within a specific grace period, the lender will start to foreclose. The particular farther behind the debtor falls, the more difficult it becomes to capture up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10-15 days late. Each state has their own foreclosure laws covering the notices the lender must post publicly and/or with the homeowner, the homeowner's options for bringing the loan current and avoiding foreclosures, and the proce...