GEORGE JOSEPH BANNER

Attorney File #: MI 25 6542
Notice ID: 1566344
First Publication Date: 7/10/2025
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 7/31/2025
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 AM, on August 15, 2025. 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 George Joseph Banner and Linda Darlene Banner, husband and wife, whose address is 3603 North 5th Street, Niles, Michigan 49120, as original Mortgagors, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., being a mortgage dated September 26, 2005, and recorded on December 9, 2005 in Liber 2671 Page 1445, Berrien County Records; Said Mortgage was also recorded in Cass County Register of Deeds on July 3, 2006 in Liber 939, Page 1246, State of Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned by said mortgagee to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-1, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated March 4, 2011 and recorded on March 21, 2011 in Liber 2952 Page 210, Berrien County Records; Said Assignment of Mortgage was also recorded in Cass County Register of Deeds on March 21, 2011 in Liber 1023, Page 1143, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND 33/100 DOLLARS ($121,456.33). Said premises are situated in the Township of Niles in Berrien County and Township of Howard in Cass County, State of Michigan, and are described as: Parcel No. 1: Township of Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 7 South, Range 17 West, and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 12, said Township and Range, described as follows: Commencing on the East line of said Section 12 at a point 2446.7 feet North of the East Quarter post of said Section 12, thence North 64° 36′ West 206.16 feet to the Easterly right of way line of State Highway M-40, said line being 60 feet Easterly measured at right angles to the center of pavement of said highway, thence North 30° 48′ East along said Easterly right of way line 271 feet to the center of Kinzie Creek, thence Southeasterly along the center of said creek to the East line of said Section 1, thence South along the East line of said Sections 1 and 12 275 feet to the place of beginning; ALSO the right to use a 66 foot right of way for ingress and egress, said right of way being adjacent to the Southerly side of the above described parcel and running Westerly to the public highway Parcel No. 2: Township of Howard, Cass County, Michigan Part of Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 16 West, described as follows: Commencing at a point which is 2454.3 feet North of the West Quarter post of said Section 7, thence South 64° 36′ East 126.52 feet, thence North 25° 24′ East 226.0 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Kinzie Creek, thence Northwesterly along centerline of Kinzie Creek to the West line of Section 6, said township and range, thence South 275.0 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. Street Address: 3603 North 5th Street, Niles, Michigan 49120 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: July 10, 2025 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Robert A. Blumberg (P87490), Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 509, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 25 6542

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