Foreclosures 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 contract. One month after the homeowner misses a mortgage loan payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six a few months after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, assuming the mortgage is still delinquent, and the homeowner has not composed the missed payments inside a specified grace period, the lender will start to foreclose. Typically the farther behind the borrower falls, the more difficult it becomes to get up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10 to 15 days late. Each state has its own foreclosure laws in the notices the lender must post publicly and/or with the homeowner, the homeowner's selections for bringing the loan current and avoiding property foreclosure, and the process for selling th...