One of the easiest ways to stop a sheriff's sale in Philadelphia is to file for bankruptcy. Once you do, an automatic stay will go into effect, stopping creditors' debt-collection efforts, including a sheriff's sale. If you file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, your property will be unaffected.
A Sheriff Sale can be stopped by (1) the writ being stayed –that is all proceedings involving the sale of property is stopped; (2) a court order; (3) a bankruptcy being filed. (4) payment of the full amount due in full.
The right of redemption is reserved for homeowners whose property has been sold in a sheriff's sale because of unpaid real estate taxes in Pennsylvania. If your home was foreclosed upon and sold because of unpaid mortgage payments, you will not have a right of redemption.
Pursuant to 3129.3, a Sheriff Sale may be continued, postponed, or adjourned to a certain sale date two times within the 130 days of the originally scheduled sale. Properties may be removed at any time, by proper authority.
Sheriff's sales are held on the second Thursday of each month at am on the third floor of the Court House Annex Building. The Sheriff's sale is an auction of the mortgaged premises pursuant to a judgement and Writ of Execution.
Tenants who live in recently foreclosed-upon properties can typically stay there until their leases are over in Pennsylvania. If the new owner has standing to evict residents after a sheriff's sale, they must give residents a 90-day notice to vacate.
The Sheriff's sale is an auction of the mortgaged premises pursuant to a judgement and Writ of Execution. Execution is commenced by the plaintiff (usually the mortgage holder) in a civil action by filing a Praecipe for Writ of Execution with the Prothonotary.
A Sheriff Sale can be stopped by (1) the writ being stayed –that is all proceedings involving the sale of property is stopped; (2) a court order; (3) a bankruptcy being filed. (4) payment of the full amount due in full.
Setting aside sale. Upon petition of any party in interest before delivery of the personal property or of the sheriff's deed to real property, the court may, upon proper cause shown, set aside the sale and order a resale or enter any other order which may be just and proper under the circumstances.