Foreclosures 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 specified 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 yearns for a mortgage payment, supposing the mortgage is still delinquent, and the house owner has not made up the missed payments within a particular grace period, the financial institution will start to foreclose. The farther behind the customer falls, the more difficult it becomes to catch up since lenders add fees for payments that are 10 to 15 days past due. Each state has their 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 process for marke...