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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law allows the public to inspect and/or obtain copies of Allegheny County Sheriff's public records. You may file a Right-to-Know request: Email – Form at bottom of this page. Mail – 436 Grant Street, Courthouse 111, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, ATTN RTK.
(4) In the case of an exclusive right-to-sell agreement, a statement in bold face type that the broker earns a commission on the sale of the property during the listing period by whomever made, including the owner.