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  3. Foreclosure Steps and Timeline

    Foreclosure Steps and Timeline

    This post describes the actions and timeline of a foreclosure case from starting to end.

    1. Mortgage in default

    Default = 1 day past mortgage due date
  • Lender sends out Notice of Intent to Foreclose (typically sent out 45 days after default) and a loss mitigation application

    2. Foreclosure filed in Court

    - Lender's law office submits Order to Docket. - Can file at any time after 45 days from when the Notice of Intent to Foreclose is sent out (or 90 days in default)

    - Lender must wait 28 days after submitting the Order to Docket before filing the last loss mitigation affidavit
  • Lender needs to submit the final loss mitigation affidavit a minimum of 30 days before sale

    3. Foreclosure mediation (optional action)

    - Homeowner should submit mediation demand and send a payment of $50, within 25 days of:

    - The Order to Docket, if final loss mitigation affidavit served at very same time
  • Receipt of final loss mitigation affidavit filed after the Order to Docket is filed
  • In either case - 25 days from final loss mitigation affidavit

    - 45 days after the homeowner has been serviced with the Order to Docket if it has a final loss mitigation affidavit filed with it; or
  • one month after the last loss mitigation affidavit is served if it is submitted after the Order to Docket is submitted

    - Within 5 days of receiving a mediation request, the Circuit Court will forward the demand to Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)

    - OAH will arrange the mediation within 60 days of receiving the request. OAH can extend the time up to one month for great cause or longer if all celebrations agree. - OAH will send the property owner a scheduling notification
  • OAH will likewise include directions for files that need to be supplied to OAH and the lender's law practice prior to the mediation. These files need to be offered no later on than 20 days before the scheduled date of mediation.

    - OAH files a report with the court within 7 days after the mediation - If there is no contract in mediation, the Lender schedules the home for foreclosure sale.
  • The Lender can arrange the sale as quickly as 15 days after the mediation has actually happened

    4. Foreclosure sale

    - Homeowner might submit a movement to remain or dismiss under Maryland Rule 14-211 if they have a valid defense on why the lending institution does not can on their home. - The movement to remain must be filed within 15 days after the mediation is held. If no mediation occurs, then the movement needs to be submitted within 15 days after OAH submits its report with the court. This may take place if one celebration stops working to stand for mediation.
  • The house owner might file a stay if the property owner has actually not gotten a final decision on the completed loss mitigation application that was received by the lender at least 37 days before the sale date.

    - When the lending institution schedules the foreclosure sale, they must supply notice to property owner. - Notice must be provided no later than 10 days and no earlier than thirty days before the scheduled sale

    - The Homeowner has the right to cure the default by paying all overdue payments, penalties, and charges and restore the loan at any time as much as 1 organization day before the foreclosure sale occurs.

    - Within 2 week after a postponement or cancellation of a sale, the Lender's law office will send out a notice that the sale was delayed or cancelled to the borrower and/or the Homeowner. The notices will be sent by superior mail, postage prepaid.

    - Once the foreclosure sale has occurred, the lender needs to file a report of sale with the Circuit Court - The report need to be filed within one month after the sale

    - The Court Clerk issues a notification that the sale will be validated within one month of Clerk's notice

    - If a house owner wants to file exceptions to sale, it should be submitted with the Court within 1 month after the clerk's notice

    - The Circuit Court ratifies the sale after the time for exceptions has past or exceptions have actually been overruled

    - After the foreclosure sale happens and the buyer from the foreclosure sale completes settlement, the court selected auditor will submit the Auditor's Report with the Court. - The Homeowner and any junior lienholder is entitled to receive a copy of the Auditor's Report.
  • The Auditor's Report will show a shortage or a surplus.
  • If the Auditor's Report shows a deficiency, then the Lender might file a Motion for Entry of a Deficiency Judgment.
  • If the Auditor's Report shows a surplus, then the court auditor will recommend to the Court how the earnings should be distributed.

    5. Eviction

    - The purchaser from the foreclosure sale files a Motion for Entry of Judgment Awarding Possession - The Court should release an order approving belongings
  • After the entry of judgment, buyer must send out an expulsion notification prior to carrying out the writ of possession
  • After the eviction notice is served, buyer should submit a request for writ of possession
  • Sheriff then carries out the writ and forces out previous homeowner

    Read the Law and Rules: Md. Code, Real Residential Or Commercial Property § 7-105.1; Md. Rules 2-647 (Enforcement of Judgment Awarding Possession); 14-102 (Judgment Awarding Possession); 14-207 (Pleadings); & 14-305 (Procedure Following Sale); COMAR 09.03.12

    The Foreclosure Process from the Maryland Courts
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