Foreclosure is a situation in which a homeowner is unable to make full principal and interest obligations 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 mortgage payment, he/she is in default and will be notified by the lender. Three to six weeks after the homeowner misses a mortgage payment, supposing the mortgage is still delinquent, and the homeowner has not comprised the missed payments within a specific grace period, the financial institution 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 late. Each state has its own foreclosure laws in 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 pr...