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What steps can I take to stop a foreclosure on my house?

Updated: 9/10/2019
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The first step is to contact your bank or mortgage company. Many banks will work with customers to avoid foreclosure.

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When you either voluntarily give up the house or you stop making payments (foreclosure).


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The lender will begin the process to take possession of the property by foreclosure.


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In many situations, it can help borrowers avoid foreclosure. Civil Code 2823.6 requires lenders to accept loan modifications (i.e. lower monthly payments, etc) in most foreclosure circumstances. You must pursue a loan modification agreement, however, and take the necessary steps to stop foreclosure.


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Yes. The new owner would take subject to the foreclosure as well as yourself.


What can you take in a foreclosure?

You can only recover what the loan was for--house, land and so on.


What personal effects can you take when your house is in foreclosure?

Anything not attached to home.


Are you responsible to pay the mortgage after foreclosure?

No. The bank owns the house after foreclosure. But your credit report will take years to fix. Good luck.


What will happen if you stop making your mortgage payments?

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What steps must a bank take before someone's house may be foreclosed on?

The first step requires that the bank send a missed-payment notice. Following that, the bank will send a notice of default. The final literature received will be a foreclosure notice. The house will change ownership officially once the original owner receives a notice of foreclosure sale.


What happens when you stop making mortgage payments?

The bank takes your house. * After a prescribed period of time the lender will begin foreclosure proceedings. In some US states the lender does not need to go through the court to implement a foreclosure and the action can be rapid. In states that require the lender to use prescribed legal procedure, foreclosure can take several months.


Are you responsible for boarding up your house if in foreclosure?

No. At least, you are not usually not responsible for anything except getting out of your house in foreclosure in this state. Once your house is foreclosed, it ceases to be your house and belongs to someone else. You then become a guest in someone else's house. It is that persons responsibility to take care of the house.


Can you put a lien on a house that is in foreclosure?

Yes, a foreclosure will, however, take priority over secondary and other liens, often everything except tax liens.