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The process of mortgage foreclosure has a set procedure which depends on the laws of the state or jurisdiction that you live in. These laws do vary a little bit from state to state. However, most of them follow a certain process that you will see below.

In case you do not already know, foreclosure is what happens when a person cannot pay their mortgage or other home loan. In the loan agreement, the bank always has the right to take possession of the house if the loan is not paid. Then they will sell it to make back the money that is owed to them. Because they have the house as security for the loan, they can offer lower interest rates on a mortgage than on an unsecured loan.

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