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1st missed monthly payment |
| Day 30
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2nd missed monthly payment |
| Day 60
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3rd missed monthly payment |
| Day 70
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Notice of Default: The notice of default alerts the homeowner that they are about to go into foreclosure. They need to come up with the back payments within 30 days or foreclosure proceedings will begin. If they don’t make the payments the process below begins.
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| Day 100 |
Notice of Foreclosure and Notice of Trustee’s Sale: These documents are filed as a result of the payer not making up the back payments. These notices have a dual purpose. First, the Notice of Foreclosure alerts the payer that they are now in foreclosure. An itemized list of all the missing payments, attorney’s fees, and other charges that are due are listed on this. Second, the Notice of Trustees Sale is a recorded notice that states where and when the house will be sold. Before it is sold it must be advertised.
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| Day 160 |
The Notice of Trustees Sale is published once in a legal newspaper.
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| Day 180 |
Loan Accelerates: On the 11th day before the auction, the homeowner can still make up the back payments and other fees that are involved thus effectively saving their house from foreclosure auction. This is referred to as reinstatement of the loan.
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| Day 181 |
Loan Acceleration: On the 10th day before the auction, the homeowner may have to pay all the back payments and fees, plus the entire amount still owed on the loan. This is called Loan Acceleration. If this is not paid before the auction the home would be sold to the highest bidder.
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| Day 183 |
Second Ad is published: The Notice of Trustee’s Sale has to be published in a legal newspaper between the 7th and 14th day before the auction.
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| Day 190 |
Trustee’s sale: The bidding for the property, at the foreclosure auction, will normally start for the amount of the principal remaining balance on the loan plus all back payments and fees and any other liens on the property. If the bidding does not meet your minimum bid you set then you get the property and can do with it as you wish.
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