KEVIN P. ALDRIDGE

Attorney File #: MI 22 4279
Notice ID: 1455842
First Publication Date: 3/3/2022
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 3/24/2022
County: Berrien

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in BERRIEN County, starting promptly at 11:00 A.M., on April 1, 2022. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. MORTGAGE INFORMATION: Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Ellen M. Stevens, Single Person, whose address is 720 Hoyt Street, Saint Joseph, Michigan 49085, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., being a mortgage dated December 28, 2007, and recorded on January 7, 2008, in Liber 2825 Page 527, Berrien County Records, State of Michigan. Said Mortgage is now held through mesne assignments by Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2021-G, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2021-G, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated October 20, 2021 and recorded on October 20, 2021 in Liber 3349 Page 1649, Berrien County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS AND 95/100 ($109,551.95). Said premises are situated in the City of St. Joseph, County of Berrien, State of Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 1 of JORDAN’S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 57 IN HOYT’S ADDITION TO ST. JOSEPH, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 29 of Berrian County Records, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the South line of said Lot 1, that is 75 feet East of the East line of Niles Avenue, thence East, on said line, 35 feet, thence North to Hoyt Street, thence along Hoyt Street, Westerly to rear line of lot owned by Danforth, which is a point that is due North of the place of beginning, thence South to the place of beginning. ALSO that part of Lot 2, said plat, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the North line of said Lot 2 that is 75 feet East of the East line of Niles Avenue, thence South 25 feet, thence East 35 feet, thence North 25 feet to the North line of said Lot 2, thence West, along said North line of said Lot 2, 35 feet to the place of beginning. Street Address: 720 Hoyt Street, Saint Joseph, Michigan 49085 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCLA § 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTENTION HOMEOWNER: IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER ON ACTIVE DUTY, IF YOUR PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY HAS CONCLUDED LESS THAN 90 DAYS AGO, OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PARTY FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER STATED IN THIS NOTICE. Dated: March 3, 2022 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Kenneth J. Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 22 4279

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