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 stipulated in the mortgage deal. One month after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six weeks after the homeowner does not show for a mortgage payment, supposing the mortgage is still delinquent, and the homeowner has not made up the missed payments inside a particular grace period, the lending company will get started to foreclose. The farther behind the borrower falls, the more difficult it becomes to catch up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10 to 15 days overdue. 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 foreclosures, and the procedure for selling ...