Property foreclosure is a situation in which a homeowner is unable to make full principal and interest repayments on his/her mortgage, which allows the lender to seize the property, evict the homeowner and sell the home, as agreed in the mortgage deal. 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 months after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, assuming the mortgage is still delinquent, and the house owner has not composed the missed payments within a particular grace period, the lending company will start to foreclose. The farther behind the customer falls, the more difficult it becomes to get up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10-15 days late. Each state has their own foreclosure laws within the notices the lender must post publicly and/or with the homeowner, the homeowner's choices for bringing the loan current and avoiding property foreclosure, and the method for promoting the p...