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 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 months after the homeowner does not show for a mortgage payment, supposing the mortgage is still delinquent, and the home owner has not made up the missed payments in just a specified grace period, the lender will start to foreclose. Typically the farther behind the borrower falls, the more difficult it becomes to capture up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10 to 15 days late. Each state has its own foreclosure laws within 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 process for ma...