451 Avenue C, Springfield, MI 49037

Public Foreclosure Notice

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 CALHOUN County, starting promptly at 9:00 AM, on March 12, 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 Jeffrey W. Hamilton, single, whose address is 451 Avenue C, Springfield, Michigan 49037, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guaranteed Rate Inc., being a mortgage dated November 12, 2024, and recorded on December 3, 2024 in Liber 4871 Page 0757, Calhoun County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned to NewRez LLC, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated July 29, 2025 and recorded on July 29, 2025 in Liber 4927 Page 0929, Calhoun County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT AND 37/100 DOLLARS ($183,968.37). Said premises are situated in the City of Springfield, County of Calhoun, State of Michigan, and are described as: LOT 196 OF THE AMENDED PLAT OF LOTS 115-119, LOTS 126-134, LOTS 138-149 AND THE VACATED PORTION OF 26TH STREET OF SPRINGFIELD PLACE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 24 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 12, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS PART OF LOTS NO. 139, 140, 141, 142 AND 143 OF SPRINGFIELD PLACE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 48, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 142; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 28' 16” WEST 87.93 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS; THENCE SOUTH 03 DEGREES 34' 12” WEST 289.39 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOTS; THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 26' 17” EAST 88.06 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 139; THENCE 175.27 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WHOSE RADIUS IS 911 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 141; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31' 32” EAST 131.65 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO, THE WEST 25 FEET OF THE ABANDONED 26TH STREET ADJACENT TO LOTS 139-142. Street Address: 451 Avenue C, Springfield, Michigan 49037 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: February 11, 2026 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 6985 (02-11)(03-04)