A lis pendens is a notice filed in the public land records saying a lawsuit involving your property is pending, most often a foreclosure. It does not take the house and it does not mean a sale has been scheduled. It warns anyone thinking of buying or lending on the property that the lawsuit exists.
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Lis pendens is Latin for 'suit pending', and that is all it is. It sounds worse than it is. It is a flag on the record, and it tells you a court case has started, which means you still have time to respond to it.
Usually, yes. If the price covers what you owe, the title company pays off the mortgage from the sale money, the lender dismisses the case, and the lis pendens is released. What matters is timing: the sale has to close before the foreclosure reaches a sale of its own.
A lis pendens is public, and some buyers and companies watch these filings. You may get letters and calls. You never have to answer them, and never pay a company an upfront fee promising to stop a foreclosure (a licensed attorney you hire is different). See how to spot foreclosure rescue scams.
No. It is a public notice that a lawsuit has been filed. You still own the house.
Usually yes, if the price covers what you owe. The mortgage is paid off from the sale at closing, the lender dismisses the case, and the notice is released.
It is normally released when the lawsuit ends, for example when the loan is paid off or brought current and the lender dismisses the case.
Lis pendens filings are public. You never have to respond, and never pay a company an upfront fee promising to stop a foreclosure.
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