What Should You Expect From The Steps Involved In An Arizona Foreclosure

By Henry Johns

Loosing a home due to non payment to the mortgage company is becoming extremely common due to the current economy. Often times after the first payment is missed the process to take back the property will begin. There are many steps in process of an Arizona foreclosure; however, being evicted from the property can happen quickly and unexpectedly for many.

There are two basic laws pertaining to a foreclosure. Judicial or non judicial. They have similar meanings but different processes. During a judicial process a lawsuit will be filed through the court in order to be awarded an order of foreclosure. If the property deed did not have a power of sale included this is the process most likely used. During this process, the home will immediately be placed in auction status following the court order.

If there is a clause pertaining to the power of sale the typical route will be one of a non judicial route. The clause is one that has been included in the deed authorizing the sale should a default occur in order to pay the balance owed. This is a consideration to research should you be considering the effort to prevent foreclosure.

The majority of homes are purchased with the signing of a promissory note. The document is intended to serve as the agreement on your part to repay any monies borrowed for the purpose of purchasing the property. The deed of trust is the document also signed to use the home as the loans collateral.

In simple terms this breaks down to being what is pertaining to the trustee. The trustee would be the lender or the lenders affiliate having the legal authority to sell the home. This gives the trustee all legal rights to sell property in default without a need to go to court.

The foreclosure process may include several months of various steps; however, if the current owner is not prepared it could occur quickly. There are several steps that are intended to give the owner notice of impending loss to the property. The lender will send a letter, call or both after the first missed payment. When they do not receive a response, a notice of default will be sent to the owner. Both of these forms of communication are recorded in your credit reports. After all efforts have been depleted the bank will have the lender or affiliates put the property up for sale through auction.

If the home has not been sold in auction, the bank takes possession and will the property will be classified as REO. Real estate owned is a department at banks for all properties they have possession of. The banks are losing money the longer they have possession of these properties are anxious to sell them.

An Arizona foreclosure will cause serious damage to your credit score. The report is used to determine the eligibility of borrowing money for the purchase of another home or getting a rental property. It is extremely to get credit of any kind with a bankruptcy or foreclosure on the credit record. In many cases, loss of property can be prevented so it is important that plenty of research be done regarding your options to prevent this appearing on credit reports. - 31862

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