Deed Of Trust Records Foreclosure In Texas
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Public records Throughout the foreclosure process, various legal notices must be filed in your County Recorder's Office. This information is public record and available to anyone. Just visit your county's office and you can search for a Notice of Default (NOD), lis pendens or Notice of Sale.
inlieu of foreclosure is an arrangement where you voluntarily turn over ownership of your home to the lender to avoid the foreclosure process.
In California, lenders can foreclose on deeds of trust or mortgages using a nonjudicial foreclosure process (outside of court) or a judicial foreclosure process (through the courts). The nonjudicial foreclosure process is used most commonly in our state.
Foreclosures are a public record. They are recorded in the county where the property was located. It is necessary to record these because it is part of the chain of title for the future buyers and shows that the former owner has no further interest.
1) A D.O.T. is much easier to foreclose upon then a mortgage because the process to foreclose on a D.O.T. bypasses the judicial process. Assuming the Trustee gives the right notices (Notice of Default and Notice of Sale) the process will go to sale without court involvement at all.
Property records are public. People may use these records for background information on purchases, mortgages, asset searches, and other legal and financial transactions.
The "right of redemption" refers to one's ability to reclaim the property even after the foreclosure sale takes place. In Texas, the "right of redemption" is only available for specific kinds of foreclosure actions such as foreclosures of certain tax liens and property owners association assessment liens.
A deed in lieu of foreclosure is a document that transfers the title of a property from the property owner to their lender in exchange for relief from the mortgage debt. Choosing a deed in lieu of foreclosure can be less damaging financially than going through a full foreclosure proceeding.
In Texas, deeds of trust are more commonly used to create a lien than a mortgage. Language that can be found in the contract that gives the lienholder the authority to foreclose on the property through the non-judicial foreclosure process, which does not require the lienholder to file a lawsuit against the homeowner.
By signing the Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, the Borrower is legally transferring title to the property back to the Lender in exchange for the cancelation of the unpaid balance owed on the Promissory Note secured by the property.
