House & Apartment

A tenant can use a defense (legal reason) to ask the judge to throw out an eviction case. Some eviction defenses are listed.

A program to help you complete the forms for an Answer and Appearance, to respond to a Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint.

Explains that houses are usually only foreclosed for unpaid mortgages.

Learn what changes and what stays the same for tenants when a rental building is in foreclosure.

Describes how you can collect extra money if your house is sold for more than what you owe.

Steps on how to respond if you received a Complaint and Summons for a mortgage foreclosure case.

Lists options for responding to and dealing with a foreclosure case.

You may have a defense (a legal reason) to stop a mortgage foreclosure lawsuit

This Easy Form helps you ask the court to delay the sale of your home in a foreclosure case.

A mortgage is a loan that is used to pay for a house. If you don't make the payments on the loan, the bank can sue you to take the property back. This is called foreclosure.

Explains how you may qualify to stop a judicial sale of a home.

A program to help you complete the forms to undo a default judgment in a foreclosure case.

Explains how you can get rid of a default judgment in a foreclosure case.

What you need to do when you inherit a house or apartment in foreclosure.

To avoid foreclosure you can go through loss mitigation. This may mean that you keep your home or it means you came to an agreement with the mortgage company to give up your home. A foreclosure cannot be filed unless more than 120 days have passed since you stopped paying your mortgage.

Learn what your options are if the money from the judicial sale is not as much as the mortgage.

Undertand how to avoid foreclosure scams and find solutions to your mortgage problems.

Explains when you may be able to have a foreclosure action filed during Covid-19 sealed.

Manual for practitioners about predatory mortgage lending, including the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law, predatory lending practices, legal remedies for mortgage abuses, and the liability of assignees and holders. 2022 Edition.

Information on real estate litigation including defenses to mortgage foreclosure and defenses to predatory lending. 2024 edition

Guide to Illinois mortgage foreclosure case issues. Includes: alternative remedies, seller financing, forfeiture of installment agreements, deficiencies, bankruptcy considerations, and more. 2024 edition

Manual on statutory process, the complaint, commercial actions, alternative remedies, defenses, and more. 2024 edition