Foreclosure?
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If you are not able to sell the house you could consider a Deed in Lieu. In essence you are giving the house back to the lender instead of making them foreclose. As long as you owe less than the house is worth your lender should agree to this. Then you walk away with nothing, but you no longer owe. If you get foreclosed on you will still owe the balance of your mortgage.
Foreclosure is considered a bad thing and is made public. It tells the whole world that you could not keep up the payments on your house and didn't do anything (like sell your house or refinance) and just let it go back to the lender.
If you cannot keep up the payments on your home, I suggest you put it up for sale. See if you mortgage can be assumed by the new buyers to make it easier to sell.
If you haven't made a payment on your house for a while and this is your primary residence, (where you live) then you may be able to get legal protection to keep your house and renegotiate your mortgage payments.
I said "may" because it is not certain. Contact the people below about it and tell them what is going on.
You don't want foreclosure. Make your payment, then put the house up for sale.
I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your lender. Forclosure can be a freightening and stressful situation for a person to face.
Foreclosure occurs most frequently when a borrower defaults on the repayment terms of a loan (mortage or "deed of trust," depending on where you live) that is secured by property. Technically, the moment that a payment is late the borrower has defaulted on the terms of the loan, but in practice a lender usually will not foreclose until the borrower is at least three months behind in payments.
In foreclosure, the lender has the legal right to sell your property at auction to the highest bidder. It may--or may not--require court approval, again depending on where you live.
There are several ways that a person can resolve foreclosure, many of which don't result in the borrower losing their property. The strategy you should select depends entirely upon your unique circumstances.
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Best regards,
Charles
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