Fighting Foreclosure in Court
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Fighting Your Foreclosure in Court
Contesting a judicial foreclosure is different than fighting a nonjudicial foreclosure.
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How to Fight a Foreclosure in Court: Nonjudicial Foreclosure
To fight a nonjudicial foreclosure, you'll have to start a lawsuit.
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Fighting Foreclosure in Court Without an Attorney
Here are the basic steps in defending against foreclosure in court if you don't have a lawyer.
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Setting Aside a Foreclosure Sale
In rare circumstances, you can get the court to set aside (invalidate) a foreclosure sale. Learn when and how you can do this.
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How to Fight a Foreclosure in Court: Judicial Foreclosure
Here are the essentials to consider if you want to fight a judicial foreclosure.
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Does the Bank Have a Legal Right to Foreclose?
Learn about making an argument that the bank doesn’t have a legal right to foreclose.
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Should You File an Answer to a Foreclosure Lawsuit?
If your lender files a foreclosure lawsuit against you, you need to figure out if you want to file a response—officially called an “answer”—to the suit.
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Abuses by the Mortgage Servicing Industry
Learn about common abuses and errors that happen in the mortgage servicing industry.
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Robosigning in Foreclosures: What Homeowners Can Do About It
If the bank uses robosigned documents, you can challenge the foreclosure.
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Deceptive Foreclosure Practices: When Banks Treat Occupied Homes as Vacant
Banks sometimes lock homeowners out of their homes during a foreclosure without the legal right to do so. Learn how you can prevent it.
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Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement
The federal government created the Independent Foreclosure Review process in 2011 so that certain borrowers could get a review of the foreclosure procedures used in the foreclosures of their homes.
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Laws Prohibiting Dual Tracking in the Foreclosure Context
Dual tracking occurs when a mortgage holder continues to foreclose
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Learn about common defenses, like servicer mistake, that you might be able to use to fight a foreclosure.
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Predatory Lending As a Foreclosure Defense
You might be able to challenge a foreclosure if your mortgage lender used predatory lending practices when you took out the loan.
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Foreclosure Defenses: When a Bank or Servicer Doesn't Follow the Law
If your loan servicer doesn't comply with federal mortgage servicing laws, you might be able to delay or stop a foreclosure, at least temporarily.
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Challenging Late & Other Fees in Foreclosure
Learn some of the common ways that mortgage servicers charge excessive or incorrect fees in foreclosure—and how to challenge them.
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The Statute of Limitations in Foreclosure Actions
If a lender starts a foreclosure against you after the statute of limitations has expired, you can raise this issue as a defense.
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The Difference Between a Judicial and Nonjudicial Foreclosure
Learn the basics about judicial and nonjudicial foreclosures.
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Chart: Judicial v. Nonjudicial Foreclosures
Foreclosure works differently in different states.
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How Nonjudicial Foreclosures Work
Learn about nonjudicial foreclosure procedures.
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How Judicial Foreclosure Works
Learn the basics about judicial foreclosures.
More Legal Topics
- After Foreclosure
- Alternatives to Foreclosure
- Delaying or Stopping Foreclosure
- Foreclosure and Bankruptcy
- Foreclosure Lawyers & Other Foreclosure Help
- Foreclosure of Mobile and Manufactured Homes
- Foreclosure: The Basics
- Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs & COAs)
- Losing Your Home in a Tax Sale
- Reverse Mortgages
- State Foreclosure Laws
- Tenants and Foreclosure
- Timeshare Foreclosures
- Understanding Mortgages & The Major Players in a Foreclosure
- After Foreclosure
- Alternatives to Foreclosure
- Delaying or Stopping Foreclosure
- Foreclosure and Bankruptcy
- Foreclosure Lawyers & Other Foreclosure Help
- Foreclosure of Mobile and Manufactured Homes
- Foreclosure: The Basics
- Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs & COAs)
- Losing Your Home in a Tax Sale
- Reverse Mortgages
- State Foreclosure Laws
- Tenants and Foreclosure
- Timeshare Foreclosures
- Understanding Mortgages & The Major Players in a Foreclosure
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