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What You Can Do To Stop Foreclosure Of Your Real Estate
ou have received a notice lender against you, and is
of foreclosure on your real necessary when a “power to sale”
estate. It may seem clause was not included in the
hopeless, but the last thing you mortgage contract. Since
should do is give up. Many people commercial lenders usually
encounter life-altering events include the clause, which grants
that interfere with their ability them the right of non-judicial
to pay their debts. Usually the foreclosure, the mortgage
last payment to be late is the contract you signed automatically
mortgage, but it happens. Too gives them the power to seize
many late mortgage payments mean your real estate in order to
a possible foreclosure. recoup their losses.
First and foremost, lenders do With the non-judicial
not want to foreclose on your foreclosure, you usually have 120
real estate. They are not in the days to redeem your real estate
real estate business and are before it is sold. With a
willing to work with homeowners. judicial foreclosure, your real
If you have not been able to estate is auctioned off
reach a solution with your lender immediately to the highest
or you have ignored the lender’s bidder.
letters and phone calls, then
foreclosure is their only option. Under the judicial foreclosure,
you may seek a deficiency
In the state of California, there judgment to recoup some of your
are two types of real estate losses on the seizure and sale of
foreclosures — judicial and your real estate. Under some
non-judicial. A judicial circumstances, you have up to one
foreclosure is granted by a court year to redeem your property.
to a lawsuit brought by the Under the non-judicial
foreclosure, you have no rights estate for a short period, but
of redemption nor can you seek a you must be able to bring the
deficiency judgment. payments current again by a
specific date. Reinstatement
So, your best bet is to do generally is used in combination
something before your real estate with forbearance.
is seized and sold. Here are some
ideas: 4. A repayment plan is another
option. It is used for homeowners
1. Speak to a HUD-approved who are behind in their mortgage
counselor, especially if you have payments, they can now begin
not kept in contact with your making payments on time, but they
lender or you wish information do not have the resources to
before contacting them again. A catch up the past due amount in a
counselor can help you determine lump sum. Usually a lender adds a
what options may be available to portion of the past due amount to
you, as well as help you a specified number of payments in
negotiate with your lender to order for you to catch up.
work out a repayment program. To
find a counseling agency in your 5. Rather than a repayment plan,
area, call HUD at 1-800-569-4287. your lender may agree to a
mortgage modification. There are
2. A reinstatement may be two possibilities here — (1) add
possible, if you can promise to the past due amount to your
pay a lump sum to bring your existing real estate loan and
payments current by a specific finance it over a long term, or
date. (2) if you need the payments
reduced, extend the length of the
3. Forbearance allows you to loan in addition to adding the
delay payments on your real past due amount.
eligible for a reduction in their
6. Selling your real estate is interest rate. Additionally,
another option, if all else veterans may be eligible for
fails. Ask your lender, however, “workout” programs (options to
if they will put the real estate resolve the foreclosure) under
foreclosure on hold to give you FHA, VA and some conventional
time to sell. Otherwise, the real estate loans.
public will learn through their
realtors about the foreclosure, 9. If procedural errors were made
and you will not get a very good in the lender’s foreclosure or in
price for the real estate. If you the original real estate loan
must sell quickly, this also can origination, you may consider
lower your sale price. filing a lawsuit to enjoin or
stop the foreclosure. Consult
7. Called a deed in lieu of with an attorney in this
foreclosure, you may be able to instance.
deed the real estate over to the
lender. This forgives your debt 10. Bankruptcy is a temporary
to the lender and has less of a solution, since it will stop the
negative effect on your credit foreclosure for a short period
rating than a foreclosure. only. It may give you some
leverage in resolving the
8. Veterans and military situation. Again, consult with an
personnel have some extra attorney.
alternatives. First, contact your
VA loan representative for Whatever plan you consider to
counseling. Active duty personnel stop the foreclosure of your real
may be able to stop foreclosure estate, you must put the plan
under the Soldiers and Sailors into action, contact the
Civil Relief Act, and may be appropriate people, and provide
any requested information to the reiterating the important points
lender and/or its trustee (say you want to ensure you
(representative). Do not take a understood the conversation
“wait see” attitude. Also, put correctly). Finally, follow
everything in writing. If you through on your promises — you
have a phone conversation with will not get a third chance.
your lender or the trustee,
follow it with a letter
About the Author:
John Harris is an expert researcher and writer on real estate topics such as economics, credit improvement tips, home selling advice and home buying preparations. For more information please visit San Diego Real Estate for Sale
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