Once you receive the NOD, you typically have 90 days to repay what you owe or work with your lender to come up with a repayment agreement. Notice of sale. This notice might be published in a local newspaper and could also be posted on your property. The lender will then prepare to put the home up for auction, which includes setting a date and time for the sale. Leave residence. Generally, you do not have to move out until the foreclosure process is complete, which can take a few months or up to a year or longer.
However, once your house is sold, you have to leave the property. You might have some time after the sale date to live in the home, but that timeframe varies by state. It could be a few days or a few weeks. If you remain on the premises beyond your legal rights, the homeowner or lender will start a formal eviction process.
If the sale of the home yields profits, the lender is not entitled to excess proceeds over the loan balance plus any fees owed for the foreclosure process. In short, any money earned above the balance and foreclosure costs goes to the borrower.
In the event that your home sells for less than the balance owed, the lender can file something called a deficiency judgment. This is a lawsuit that requests the lender pay the remainder of the loan amount.
A lender might try to collect the outstanding balance. Some states, however, have anti-deficiency laws or restrict deficiency judgments after foreclosure. Sometimes, the lender pays the taxes in order to sell the home. Taxes are attached to homes—not people—so once the property is sold the taxes are the responsibility of the new owner. Some states do not allow collections on payments made by lenders after a foreclosure. Up until the time your house is scheduled for auction, there might still be a chance to halt the foreclosure process.
The key is communicating with your lender. The sooner you talk to your lender, the better. Many people feel intimidated by calling their lender and would rather avoid this uncomfortable situation by putting it off, but that can only hurt you in the long run. They might ask you to provide proof of hardship or other financial information to help you work out a plan.
There are also government agencies that offer counseling and other assistance; one such organization is Making Home Affordable. However, you should watch out for mortgage scammers that prey on desperate homeowners. Make sure anyone you talk to is calling from a number you can verify.
However, at this point, the lender may be still willing to work with the borrower to make arrangements for catching up on payments, which may include making just one payment to prevent falling further behind.
Once a borrower goes three months without making a payment, the lender generally sends a demand letter or notice to accelerate stating the amount in delinquency and that the borrower has 30 days to bring the mortgage current. A mortgage in default can have three outcomes—return to good standing, be modified , or the property is repossessed or sold via foreclosure or voluntary surrender.
A notice of default NOD is sent after the fourth month of missed payments 90 days past due. This public notice gives the borrower 30 days to remedy past due payments before formally starting the foreclosure process. Most lenders will not send a notice of default until the borrower is 90 days past due three consecutive missed payments. Thus, many times a borrower can fall behind a month or two without facing foreclosure. Generally, federal law prohibits a lender from starting foreclosure until the borrower is more than days past due.
Depending on the state, the process for initiating foreclosure is different. In some states, nonjudicial foreclosures can be done that only requires filing paperwork with the necessary court to start the process. With this, the foreclosure e process can move rather quickly. Other states have judicial foreclosures, which require court approval for each step—meaning the process takes a bit longer.
Once forms are filed with the court or necessary approval is met, the lender's attorney or foreclosure trustee will schedule a sale of the property.
A notice of trustee's sale also known as a notice of sale is then recorded in the county where the property is located—stating the specific time and location for the sale, as well as the minimum opening bid for the property.
The lender must also generally advertise the property newspaper ads, signs, etc. The time from the notice of demand to the auction date varies by state, but can be as quick as months. Up until the date of the auction the borrower can still make payment arrangements or pay the amount due, including attorney fees incurred by the lender to start the process.
The property is now placed for public auction and will be awarded to the highest bidder who meets all of the requirements. The lender or firm representing the lender will calculate an opening bid based on the value of the outstanding loan and any liens , unpaid taxes, and costs associated with the sale.
When a foreclosed property is purchased, it is up to the buyer to say how long the previous owners may stay in their former home. The property is then owned by the purchaser, who is entitled to immediate possession. The lender will set a minimum bid, which takes into account the appraised value of the property , the remaining amount due on the mortgage, any other liens, and attorney fees.
If the property is not sold during the public auction, the lender will become the owner and attempt to sell the property through a broker or with the assistance of a real estate-owned REO asset manager.
As soon as the auction ends and a new owner is named—either the auction winner or the bank if the property is not sold—the borrowers are issued an order to evacuate if they are still living in the property. Forbearance agreements and repayment plans. If the reason you're unable to make your monthly payments is temporary, you might be eligible for a forbearance agreement.
With a forbearance agreement, the lender agrees to reduce or suspend the payments for a limited amount of time. At the end of the forbearance period, you bring the loan current by paying back the missed or reduced payments in full, through a repayment program or a modification.
Don't wait until the last minute to seek help. If possible, call your servicer as soon as you miss a payment—or think you might miss a payment—to find out if you qualify for a foreclosure alternative.
The sooner you deal with the problem, the better. It's also often a good idea to contact a free HUD-approved local counseling agency. A housing counselor can provide you with assistance in working out a way to avoid foreclosure and will be aware of special programs that could help you.
You should avoid for-profit foreclosure prevention companies that claim they can get a loan modification for you, provide debt counseling, or offer some other form of foreclosure relief for a fee. Most of these companies are scammers that provide little if any help for distressed homeowners. Foreclosure laws and timelines vary from state to state. You should learn about your state's foreclosure laws so you know:.
To learn about your state's foreclosure laws, do some legal research or talk to a local foreclosure lawyer. If you've exhausted all options and aren't able to work out a deal that will allow you to keep the home, you might still be able to avoid a foreclosure by selling it or giving it to the lender. Selling your home to avoid a foreclosure. If you have equity in the home, you can sell it and use the proceeds to pay off the mortgage loan.
If you're underwater on your mortgage loan, your lender might allow you to complete a short sale. A short sale is when you sell your home, but the sale proceeds are less than the loan's balance. Deed in lieu of foreclosure. With a deed in lieu of foreclosure , you voluntarily convey clear title to the property over to the lender rather than going through a foreclosure. If you have questions about how foreclosure works in your state and what protections against foreclosure you have under federal and state laws, or you think you want to fight a foreclosure in court , consider talking to a lawyer.
If you can't afford to hire a lawyer to represent you throughout the entire process, consider at least scheduling a consultation with one who can help you decide what to do, tell you how foreclosure works in your state, and explain your legal rights and responsibilities. Even if you can't complete the plan, filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy will give you at least several months before a foreclosure can be completed.
Benefits of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. If you're already in foreclosure, filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy isn't usually a good way to save your home unless you can get a loan modification. But it will delay the foreclosure proceedings and provide you with time to live in the home without making payments. You can put this money towards saving up for a rental. You can also use this time to try to work with the bank to come up with a way to avoid foreclosure.
And, even if you still go through a foreclosure, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy can eliminate your personal liability for the mortgage debt, which means you won't be liable for any deficiency remaining after the foreclosure. Find out if you potentially qualify for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Also, if you already filed for bankruptcy within the past year, the stay could be limited to 30 days or eliminated altogether.
If your bank is using a nonjudicial process to foreclose — where the foreclosure is completed outside of the court system — then you might be able to delay or stop the foreclosure by filing a lawsuit against the bank to challenge the foreclosure. This tactic normally won't work if the foreclosure is judicial because by the time of a foreclosure sale, you've already had your opportunity to be heard in court.
To prevail, you'll need to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the foreclosure should not take place because, for example, the foreclosing bank:. The downside to suing your bank is that if you're unable to prove your case, you'll only delay the foreclosure process, perhaps briefly.
Lawsuits can be expensive and, if you have no reasonable basis for your claims, you could get stuck paying the bank's court costs and attorneys' fees. While you can't wait until the very last minute with this option, you might be able delay a foreclosure by applying for a loan modification , or another foreclosure avoidance option, because the bank could be restricted from dual tracking.
Dual tracking is when the bank proceeds with the foreclosure while a loss mitigation application is pending. Ultimately, if your modification application is approved, the foreclosure will be permanently stopped so long as you keep up with the modified payments. California , Colorado, Nevada, and Minnesota , for example, have each passed a Homeowner Bill of Rights that prohibits the dual tracking of foreclosures.
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