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Can I Sell My Kankakee House Before a Foreclosure Auction?
Our agreement of sale will often get a foreclosure 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 have time to sell if the sale can close and pay the required debt before the deadline in your court case. Illinois mortgage foreclosures go through court. The normal redemption deadline—the case's deadline to pay the amount required to keep the home—is before the foreclosure auction. The case controls the actual date and payoff; paying missed installments and paying the full foreclosure amount are different options. Signing a purchase agreement does not automatically postpone the auction or extend the redemption deadline. Contact us promptly with the court papers and sale notice so we can see whether a sale could close in time.
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How we help work toward a closing
We review the house, your court papers and sale date with you, then put the cash offer and terms in writing before you commit. If you choose to move ahead, our agreement gives us a way to ask for a foreclosure-sale postponement while we work toward closing.
Our agreement of sale will often get a foreclosure 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. The agreement does not extend the redemption deadline, so keep following the dates in your court papers and notices.
Mortgage foreclosure or property-tax sale?
A mortgage foreclosure is a court case about mortgage debt. A sale for unpaid property taxes is a separate process, with its own notices and deadlines. The court-case redemption deadline and the tax-sale deadline are not interchangeable. The postponement statement above is about a mortgage foreclosure sale; check the notice for the process that applies to your house and use the office named on it.
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.
What happens next
- Contact us with the court papers and current sale date. We can review whether a sale could close in time.
- We give you a written cash offer and written terms before you commit.
- If you choose to move ahead, a title company reviews title, the current mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, your share of current property taxes and the closing requirements, then coordinates the title-company closing.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the Illinois state, county and city transfer taxes.
You don't need to pay off your back taxes before we settle. We buy houses with back taxes and liens — payoffs get handled through the closing, not by you upfront. The closing-cost promise does not pay your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes or share of current property taxes; the title company reviews those amounts in the closing figures.
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.
Kankakee County and Illinois court resources
- For a Kankakee County case, use the court papers to identify the court and circuit-clerk contact handling your case. The Kankakee County official website is a starting point for county office information.
- Illinois Courts' approved mortgage-foreclosure forms include forms to ask the court to stay (pause) a sale.
Compare possible sale proceeds
Use the Kankakee home-sale net-proceeds calculator to compare planning numbers. It is an estimate, not a property-specific offer or payoff statement.
Questions about foreclosure in Kankakee
Can I sell my Kankakee house before a foreclosure auction?
You may still have time if a sale can close and pay the required debt before the deadline that applies to your court case. Illinois mortgage foreclosures go through court, and the normal redemption deadline—the deadline to pay the amount required by the case to keep the home—is before the foreclosure auction. The court case controls the deadline and payoff; paying missed installments and paying the full foreclosure amount are different options. Our agreement of sale will often get a foreclosure 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.
Is a mortgage foreclosure the same as a property-tax sale?
No. A mortgage foreclosure is a court case about a home loan. A sale for unpaid property taxes is a separate process with its own notices and deadlines. The agreement-of-sale postponement statement on this page concerns a mortgage foreclosure; do not assume it changes a tax-sale date. Read the notice and follow the process and deadline it names.
What if I owe more than my Kankakee house is worth?
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before.
Do I need to repair or clean out the house first?
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
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We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
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