Foreclosures 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 specified in the mortgage agreement. One month after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six a few months after the homeowner yearns for a mortgage payment, assuming the mortgage is still delinquent, and the house owner has not made up the missed payments inside a specified grace period, the lender will commence to foreclose. The particular farther behind the debtor falls, the more difficult it becomes to catch up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10-15 days past due. Each state has the 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 property foreclosure, and the process for ...