Clarksburg, WV / Foreclosure
Can I Sell My Clarksburg House in Foreclosure?
Our agreement of sale will often get a trustee's sale postponed so we can close. Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement, and it works more often than people think.
Yes. You may still be able to sell a Clarksburg house before a West Virginia trustee’s sale if the loan can be paid off in time. If a sale date is already set, treat it as the deadline for completing the sale and payoff unless the trustee confirms a postponement.
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How we help with a Clarksburg foreclosure sale
Tell us what notice you received and the sale date shown on it. We can review the property and work toward a sale that fits the time available. Our agreement of sale is what we use to ask the trustee for a postponement; signing it by itself does not change the sale date.
Before you commit, you get a written offer and written terms; closing is through a title company. The title company can review the mortgage payoff, liens, taxes, and title details needed for closing.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the West Virginia real estate transfer excise tax and the additional county excise tax. That does not pay your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, or share of current property taxes; those remain separate payoff or settlement amounts.
West Virginia mortgage foreclosure: the trustee’s sale
When a West Virginia mortgage is secured by a deed of trust and the borrower defaults, the trustee named in it can sell the house at public auction without a court case. The trustee generally must publish notice in the county where the property is once a week for two weeks in a row. The borrower must also be sent notice by certified mail, return receipt requested; it counts once mailed to the required address even if it comes back. There is a narrow publication exception for an older deed of trust.
Sale proceeds first pay the trustee’s expenses, then the secured debts; any surplus goes to the former owner. Treat the auction date as the deadline for completing a sale and paying off the loan. Have a title company or attorney confirm the current sale date and the amount needed.
West Virginia law: sales under trust deeds, notice of sale, Class II legal advertisements, and how sale proceeds are applied.
Mortgage foreclosure or tax sale?
A trustee’s sale under a deed of trust concerns a mortgage loan default. A delinquent-property-tax sale is a different process with its own notices and deadlines. Do not use the mortgage trustee-sale date or notice rules as a tax-sale deadline; follow the notice for the sale you are facing and contact the office named there.
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth?
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before.
Ask your lender for a current written payoff. The title company can review that amount with the liens and other title details before closing.
What happens next
- 1. Get in touch. Call or use the form. Share the property address and the sale date or notice you have.
- 2. Review written terms. We review the house as-is and give you a written offer and written terms before you commit.
- 3. Work through title and payoff. If you want to proceed, the title company reviews title, payoff amounts, and the information needed to close. We use the agreement to ask the trustee for a postponement when needed; signing alone does not postpone the sale automatically.
- 4. Close through a title company. The current sale date, payoff, title, and closing requirements must allow the transaction to be completed.
It's real estate. Sometimes there are bumps in the road. We won't disappear when that happens, and we'll be fighting to get this to the closing table.
Harrison County records and local resources
Clarksburg is in Harrison County. The official Harrison County Clerk’s Office is a county records resource. For a mortgage trustee’s sale, use the sale notice to identify the trustee and confirm the current date and payoff with the title company or an attorney.
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Clarksburg Foreclosure Questions
Can I sell my Clarksburg house before a trustee’s sale?
Our agreement of sale will often get a trustee's sale postponed so we can close. Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement, and it works more often than people think. A sale may still be possible if the loan can be paid off before the auction. Treat the auction date as the deadline for completing a sale and paying off the loan; have a title company or attorney confirm the current date and amount needed.
Is a mortgage foreclosure the same as a West Virginia tax sale?
No. A trustee’s sale under a deed of trust concerns a mortgage loan default. A delinquent-property-tax sale follows a separate process with its own notices and deadlines. Do not use the mortgage trustee-sale date or notice rules as a tax-sale deadline; follow the notice for the sale you are facing.
What if the payoff is more than my Clarksburg house is worth?
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before. The lender’s current written payoff and the title details still need to be reviewed for your sale.
Does signing an agreement automatically postpone the trustee’s sale?
Our agreement of sale will often get a trustee's sale postponed so we can close. Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement, and it works more often than people think.
Does your closing-cost promise pay my mortgage or back taxes?
No. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the West Virginia real estate transfer excise tax and the additional county excise tax. Your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate payoff or settlement amounts.
We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.