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Can I Sell My Greenville House Before Foreclosure?

If a foreclosure sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it. Often, you can still sell before the process is final if the sale closes in time to pay what is required. The stage of the case and the dates in your notice matter.

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We review the house and the timing with you, then give you a written offer and written terms before you commit. If you choose to move ahead, the closing is through a title company; we work with the title company on the title and payoff details.

We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including North Carolina's excise tax on conveyances. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate.

Which sale is named in your notice?

Mortgage foreclosure

Many North Carolina home loans use a deed of trust with a power of sale. That lets a lender ask for a foreclosure hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court rather than filing a lawsuit. At the hearing, the clerk checks for a valid debt, a default, the right to foreclose, and proper notice.

  • For a qualifying home loan on your main home, the servicer must mail notice at least 45 days before filing for the hearing. This rule does not cover every loan, including home-equity lines and reverse mortgages.
  • The hearing notice must be served at least 10 days ahead. If the clerk lets the foreclosure go ahead, you have 10 days to appeal.
  • The notice of sale is posted at the courthouse for at least 20 days and published in a newspaper once a week for two weeks. The sale is a public auction.

Property-tax sale

A notice about unpaid property taxes is a different process from a lender’s mortgage foreclosure. It has its own notice and dates; do not use the mortgage deadlines on this page to estimate a tax-sale deadline.

Pitt County’s Tax Collector handles billing, collections, and delinquent-account routing. If the notice concerns a Pitt County tax account, ask that office about the account and which office can answer questions about the notice. Follow the dates in the notice itself.

After the mortgage auction: upset bids

After the sale report is filed with the clerk, anyone can beat the high bid during the next 10 days by at least 5% and at least $750. Each new upset bid starts another 10-day period. If the last day falls when the clerk’s office is closed, the deadline moves to its next open day.

Until the last upset-bid period ends, paying the loan and sale costs in full stops the foreclosure. A sale of your house that closes in time can make that payoff. Once a 10-day period ends with no new bid, the sale is final.

If the payoff is the problem

Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before.

Ask your loan servicer for a current payoff statement. We can review the payoff and title details with the title company as we work out whether a sale could fit the notice and timing.

What happens next

  1. 1. Tell us what notice you received. Call 888-274-5006 or use the form with the property address. If a foreclosure sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away.
  2. 2. Review the written offer and terms. We give you a written cash offer and written terms before you commit.
  3. 3. Work through title and payoff. If you want to proceed, the title company reviews the title and payoff details for closing.
  4. 4. Work toward closing in time. Whether a sale can close before a scheduled event depends on the actual notice, payoff, title, and timing.

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.

Pitt County offices and records

These offices are local starting points for court, tax-account, and recorded-land-record questions. For a mortgage foreclosure date or status, use your own notice and case papers and confirm with the office or party named there.

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Questions about selling before foreclosure in Greenville, NC

Can I sell my Greenville house before a foreclosure sale?

Often, yes, if a sale can close in time to pay what is required. In North Carolina, a deed-of-trust foreclosure can move from a hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court to a public auction and then an upset-bid period. The dates on your notice and court papers matter. If a foreclosure sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it.

How much notice comes before a North Carolina foreclosure hearing?

For a qualifying home loan secured by your main home, the servicer must mail notice at least 45 days before filing for the hearing; that rule does not cover every loan, including home-equity lines and reverse mortgages. The hearing notice must be served at least 10 days before the hearing. Check the actual papers for your property.

Is a mortgage foreclosure the same as a property-tax sale?

No. A lender’s mortgage foreclosure and a sale related to unpaid property taxes are separate processes with their own notices and dates. The mortgage deadlines on this page are not a tax-sale timetable. If your notice concerns Pitt County taxes, contact the Pitt County Tax Collector and follow the notice you received.

What happens after a North Carolina foreclosure auction?

An upset-bid period begins for 10 days after the sale report is filed with the clerk. A qualifying higher bid starts another 10-day period. Paying the loan and sale costs in full before the last upset-bid period ends stops the foreclosure; once a 10-day period ends with no new bid, the sale is final.

What if my mortgage payoff is more than my Greenville 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 servicer for a current payoff statement so the title and payoff details can be reviewed as part of a possible sale.

What do I receive before deciding whether to sell to you?

We give you a written cash offer and written terms before you commit. If you choose to proceed, the closing is through a title company, which works through title and payoff details. Whether a sale can close in time depends on the property’s actual notices, payoff, title, and timing.

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