You must complete and submit a Notice of Intention to Claim form (No. 6156). If your property was foreclosed in 2021-2023, the deadline to claim remaining/surplus proceeds has passed. If your property was foreclosed this year, the deadline to file an intent to claim remaining proceeds using form No.
Under federal law, the servicer usually can't officially begin a foreclosure until you're more than 120 days past due on payments, subject to a few exceptions. (12 C.F.R. § 1024.41). This 120-day period provides most homeowners with ample opportunity to submit a loss mitigation application to the servicer.
There are two ways lenders in Michigan can foreclose: Judicial Foreclosure where the lender must take the borrower to court (this type of foreclosure is not common), and. Foreclosure by Advertisement where the lender may foreclose by scheduling a Sheriff's sale and advertising the sale in a local paper.
Even if you don't contest the foreclosure action, the sale usually won't occur until around a month after the judge issues a foreclosure order. So you'll probably have a couple of months from the first notice of the case to the date the court orders the sale.
Understanding the Michigan Foreclosure Process Timeline Foreclosure in Michigan follows a structured timeline with key stages that homeowners must understand to act promptly. Missed Payments: Foreclosure typically begins after four consecutive missed payments (about 120 days delinquent).