Welcome back from a long holiday weekend.  For most of us it was a well needed break from work and our daily worries.  For sixty-six or more homeowners in Jefferson County, it wasn’t much of a break. 

According to records from The County Clerk’s Office, there have been sixty-six Notice of Trustee Sale documents filed since the last foreclosure auction which took place on May 6, 2008. 

The number of foreclosures has spiked this year.  It is a problem across the Nation.  Jefferson County has not been immune.  Several times this year the clerk’s office has had over a hundred notices filed in a given month.  That’s more filings than last year according to one of the employees at the clerk’s office. 

With all the information that can be found on the Internet these days, any motivated individual can research the notices of trustee sale and find out which homes are up for foreclosure, who currently owns them, where they are located, and the County tax information.  It takes a lot of research to try to find a home buying opportunity at the foreclosure sales.  Buying this way is not for the light-hearted.  You will need to have a cashier’s check with you for the full purchase price. 

Interested in learning more?  Try reading up at How to Buy Texas Foreclosures.  Or you can call me and I’ll be happy to share what I know.