subject: Comparing Foreclosure from Short Sale [print this page] 3. Seeing your home get lost there is no way for foreclosure and short sale will help you stop being evicted from your home. What you can earn from these 2 is that you can get extensions that might be helpful to you in gathering funds for you to pay for your mortgage loan. Even in the midst of a foreclosure threat, you may still stay get through it easy if you know in particular what you will do on a step by step basis. You will be given a 6 months' time frame for you to be able to pay for your mortgage loan and during this time you need to accomplish all the debts you have to be able to recover your home and stop foreclosure completely.