Eviction after foreclosure continues to remain one of the more mysterious aspects of the mortgage foreclosure process, mainly for foreclosing plaintiffs, be they lenders or servicers, or assignees of the mortgage, although to some extent as well for bidders at foreclosure sales. Foreclosing plaintiffs, after all, only need encounter whatever this is all about if the foreclosure actually arrives at its ultimate conclusion (obviously many do not) and no one buys at the sale, whereby it is the foreclosing party which succeeds to title.

Once the plaintiff owns the property, should the borrower or others continue to remain in possession, then the plaintiff as new owner invariably needs to obtain possession, that is, dispose of the holdovers. So they will confront the situation only a minority of times, hence the mention that it is predominantly an arcane arena.