subject: What Are Your Rights After Being Foreclosed On? [print this page] Do you have any rights at all after being foreclosed on? Is there anything you can do to get your house back? Will you be evicted? If so, when? If you have recently gone through foreclosure, these questions are sure to be on your mind.
As with pretty much everything in foreclosure, your rights after it happens depends on what state you live in. So if your house has been foreclosed on, the first thing you should do is check to see what the laws are in your state.
There is a right of redemption period in some states. What this means for you is that you can still get your house back. But there is a catch and a big one at that. If you want to use the right of redemption to get your home back, you will need to come up with all of the money that you owe your lender. This will likely include their attorney fees, late payments, and other miscellaneous fees.
If your state does not have a right of redemption period, your rights after being foreclosed on are limited. You will not be able to get your home back and you will need to look for a new place to live. Since many places check your credit before agreeing to rent to you, finding a new place to live might take awhile. Be sure to give yourself enough time to find a new place to live and time to pack up your belongings.
If you can avoid it, try not to get to the point where you are being evicted from your home. This will also obviously look bad to someone who you are trying to rent from. When you will be evicted again depends on how the eviction process works in your area. But once your home has been sold, it is in your best interests to find somewhere new to live as soon as you can.
