223 N. Locust Street, Adrian, MI 49221-2824

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 LENAWEE County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on April 2, 2026. 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 Steven D. Halter, a single man, and David Lee Halter, a single man, whose address is 223 N. Locust Street, Adrian, Michigan 49221, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., being a mortgage dated August 31, 2007, and recorded on September 17, 2007 in Liber 2352 Page 579, Lenawee County Records, State of Michigan and assigned by said mortgagee through mesne assignments to U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of and with respect to Barclays Mortgage Trust 2021-NPL1, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2021-NPL1, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated January 24, 2022 and recorded on January 24, 2022 in Liber 2632 Page 0850, Lenawee County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO AND 91/100 DOLLARS ($72,652.91). Said premises are situated in the City of Adrian, County of Lenawee, State of Michigan, and are described as: ALL THAT PART OF LOT 170 OF THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF ADRIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN LIBER D OF DEEDS, PAGE(S) 578 OF LENAWEE COUNTY RECORDS, DESCIBED AS A STRIP OF LAND OF THE UNIFORM WIDTH OF 49 FEET FRONT AND REAR (FRONTING ON LOCUST STREET) AND 68 FEET DEEP, FROM OFF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES TAKEN AS A WHOLE, TO WIT: LOTS 174 AND 175 AND A STRIP OF LAND OFF THE NORTH END OF LOT 170 ABOUT 55 FEET IN WIDTH NORTH AND SOUTH AND EXTENDING WESTERLY FROM LOCUST STREET ABOUT 135 FEET, ALL ON SAID ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF ADRIAN, AFORESAID. ALSO, A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET RUNNING EAST AND WEST AND 48 FEET AND 4 INCHES NORTH AND SOUTH AND BEING CONTIGUOUS TO THE NOW WEST LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL. Street Address: 223 N. Locust Street, Adrian, Michigan 49221 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 5, 2026 Pursuant to the Fannie Mae allowable standard excess fees. Please approve an additional attorney fee in the amount of $280.00 for postponing the sale from 3/4/26 to 4/22/26 a total of 7 weeks, $40.00 a week. Thank you. For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Robert A. Blumberg (P87490), Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 30 North LaSalle St., Suite 3650 Chicago, Illinois, 60602. Telephone: (312) 541-9710 File No.: MI 26 7014 (03-05)(03-26)