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Can I Sell My Michigan City House Before Foreclosure?
Our agreement of sale will often get a sheriff'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 have time to sell before the sheriff's sale. Indiana mortgage foreclosures go through court. Before the sale, an owner can redeem the property by paying the full judgment, interest, and costs through the clerk or sheriff, depending on the stage of the case. Paying only overdue installments is not the same thing. A sale needs to close and resolve the debt in time, so get the actual payoff and sheriff's-sale date checked promptly. Selling before foreclosure may help protect any equity you have.
USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Michigan City and LaPorte County. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. If you want a written cash offer to compare, call us or send the property address.
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How we can help you work toward closing
Tell us the property address, what the court or lender has sent, and the date shown on your notice. We can review the house as-is and discuss whether a sale may fit the time available. The agreement gives us a way to ask for postponement, but signing by itself does not change the sale date.
We put the cash offer and terms in writing before you commit. If you decide to proceed, we work through payoff, title, and closing details with the title company and keep the lender and sale deadline in view.
Mortgage foreclosure and tax sale are different
A mortgage foreclosure is a court case about the loan. Indiana's mortgage-foreclosure redemption rule concerns payment of the full judgment, interest, and costs before the sheriff's sale; it does not set a deadline for a county property-tax sale. A tax sale has its own notice and date. Follow the date and instructions on that notice and check them separately with the county.
Read Indiana Code §32-29-7-7 and the Indiana Court of Appeals opinion in Wells Fargo Bank v. Tippecanoe Associates (pp. 17–19) for the state-law background. Your actual payoff and sheriff's-sale date still need prompt confirmation from the lender and the case record.
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 lender for the current payoff and have the title company review the figures needed to close. The amount owed and the sale date are specific to your property and case.
What happens next
- Contact us with the address and the deadline on your notice.
- We review the house as-is and give you the offer and terms in writing before you commit.
- If you choose to move forward, the title company checks title, mortgage payoff, liens, taxes, and the closing figures.
- We work toward closing in time to resolve the debt; your actual case and payoff determine what can happen.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. 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. Mortgage balances, liens, back taxes, and your share of current property taxes are separate closing items; the closing-cost promise does not pay them.
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.
LaPorte County follow-up
For local county follow-up, use the official LaPorte County pages for the County Treasurer, County Auditor, and County Assessor.
These are county office links, not confirmation that a particular property has a pending sale. Use your own court and lender notices to confirm a mortgage sheriff's-sale date; handle any tax-sale notice and deadline separately.
Questions and contact
Use the Michigan City home-sale proceeds calculator to compare possible proceeds using your own figures. It is a planning estimate, not a property-specific offer. You can also read our Michigan City trust and reviews.
Foreclosure questions in Michigan City, IN
Can I sell my Michigan City house before the sheriff’s sale?
Yes, you may still have time if the sale can close and resolve the debt before the sheriff’s sale. Indiana mortgage foreclosures go through court, so get the actual payoff and sale date checked promptly.
Does paying only overdue installments redeem the house?
No. Before the sale, Indiana redemption means paying the full judgment, interest, and costs through the clerk or sheriff, depending on the stage of the case. Paying only overdue installments is not the same thing.
Is a property-tax sale the same as mortgage foreclosure?
No. A property-tax sale and a lender’s mortgage-foreclosure case are separate processes with separate notices and deadlines. Use the date and instructions on a tax-sale notice and follow up with LaPorte County; do not use the mortgage-case deadline to work out a tax-sale date.
What if my mortgage 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 payoff and have the property and title figures reviewed.
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