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Can I sell my Tyler house before foreclosure?
If a trustee's sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it. Often, yes: you may still sell before the foreclosure sale if the payoff, title, and required closing steps can be completed in time. If the auction has already happened, the options depend on what occurred in your case.
USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Tyler, Texas, and Smith County. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. A particular property's county depends on its address and records. Call 888-274-5006 or use the form to share the property address and sale date.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
Takes 2 minutes. No obligation.
How we can help with a possible sale
We review the house as it is and look at the sale date, mortgage payoff, and title details. If the property fits, we give you a written cash offer and written terms before you commit. If you choose to sell, the closing goes through a title company.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. Your mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate and are reviewed for the closing.
Which sale is involved?
Texas mortgage foreclosures are usually handled without a court case; a trustee or substitute trustee runs the sale. Some mortgage foreclosures go through court and follow different steps. A tax foreclosure is a separate case about unpaid property taxes. Do not use the mortgage notice periods below to estimate a tax-sale deadline.
Texas mortgage notices and sale
For a home used as your residence in a nonjudicial mortgage foreclosure, the loan servicer must first send written notice of default by certified mail and give you at least 20 days to catch up before a sale can be noticed. Then, at least 21 days before the sale, notice of sale must be posted at the courthouse, filed with the county clerk, and sent by certified mail to each borrower.
A nonjudicial mortgage sale is a public auction at the county courthouse, usually on the first Tuesday of the month between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. It must start no later than three hours after the time stated in the notice. Read the notices for your property; they identify the sale and its date.
- Texas State Law Library: Foreclosure Before the Sale explains the default and sale notices.
- Texas State Law Library: The Foreclosure Sale explains the trustee sale and auction timing.
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. We can review the current written payoff alongside the offer and title details.
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.
What happens next
- Call or send the Tyler property address. Tell us what notice you received and the scheduled sale date.
- We review the house as-is and provide a written offer and written terms before you decide.
- The title company reviews title and payoff details and works through the closing requirements with the people involved.
- If the written terms, payoff, title, and timing support a sale and you choose to proceed, closing takes place through the title company.
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.
Smith County records and tax suits
The Smith County Clerk lists Official Public Records and Land Records functions. For an already identified Smith County tax-suit matter, the District Clerk directory lists a Tax Suits Department contact. These are county routing points; use the case papers and the correct office to confirm what applies to your property.
- Smith County Clerk directory for county records and land-records routing.
- Smith County Tax Suits Department for a tax-suit contact route, not confirmation that a tax-sale date has changed.
- Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector directory for the county tax-office route.
A tax-sale case has its own papers and deadlines; the mortgage foreclosure notices above do not set a tax-sale schedule.
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Foreclosure Questions for Tyler Sellers
Can I sell my Tyler house before a trustee’s sale?
Often, yes, if the sale closes before the foreclosure sale and the payoff, title, and required closing steps can be completed in time. If a trustee's sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it. Check your notices and confirm the current date with your lender or trustee.
What are the Texas mortgage-foreclosure notice periods?
For a home used as your residence in a nonjudicial mortgage foreclosure, the servicer must send written notice of default by certified mail and allow at least 20 days to catch up before a sale can be noticed. At least 21 days before the sale, notice must be posted at the courthouse, filed with the county clerk, and sent by certified mail to each borrower. Court foreclosures follow different steps.
Is a tax foreclosure the same as a mortgage foreclosure?
No. A tax foreclosure concerns unpaid property taxes and follows a separate case and notice path. The 20-day and 21-day mortgage notice periods are not a tax-sale timeline. Check the tax-case papers and the correct county contacts for that case.
What if my mortgage payoff is more than my Tyler house is worth?
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before. We can review the current written payoff alongside the offer and title details.
Can I sell a Tyler house with back taxes or liens?
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.
Talk with us about the sale date
Call 888-274-5006 or share the Tyler property details and foreclosure date in the form.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
We give written cash offers in 24 hours.
Takes 2 minutes. No obligation.