How the Texas first-Tuesday sale works
Why every Texas trustee sale falls on the first Tuesday, the 20- and 21-day notices before it, where and how the auction runs, and the 15-day rescission window.
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Every Texas trustee sale is held on the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., or on the first Wednesday when that Tuesday is January 1 or July 4.
Key takeaways
- Every Texas trustee sale is held on the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., or on the first Wednesday when that Tuesday is January 1 or July 4. A county's whole month of sales happens in one session.
- Before a sale of a home, the borrower gets at least 20 days to cure the default, then at least 21 days' notice of the sale, posted at the courthouse door, filed with the county clerk and sent by certified mail. No newspaper is involved; each county posts the notices on its website.
- The sale must begin at the time stated in the notice or within three hours after it, at the place the county has designated, and the price is due without delay once the bid is accepted unless the trustee agrees to more time.
- The buyer takes the property as is. For 15 days after a sale of a home, the lender or trustee can rescind it for six reasons the statute lists, and the buyer's remedy is the bid back, never the house.
- Three kinds of sale held the same day follow other rules: a home equity loan reaches auction only through a court order, an HOA's sale can be redeemed for 180 days, and a tax sale is run by a county officer, not a trustee.
Texas runs its trustee sales on a timetable. Every sale under a deed of trust in the state is held on the first Tuesday of a month, so a county's whole month of sales happens in one session, at one spot near the courthouse. On November 3, 2026, the next sale day, our records hold 2,963 Texas trustee sales set for that one day. The rules behind that day come from one statute, section 51.002 of the Texas Property Code, and a few sections around it. This article sets them out, with each rule quoted from the code.
Why every Texas trustee sale is on the first Tuesday
Texas law requires every sale under a deed of trust's power of sale to be a public auction held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of a month.
The rule is the first sentence of section 51.002: a sale under the power of sale in a deed of trust "must be a public sale at auction held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. of the first Tuesday of a month" [1]. There is one exception. When the first Tuesday is January 1 or July 4, the sale moves to the first Wednesday of the month [2]. That next happens on July 5, 2028, and then on January 2, 2030.
Our records bear the statute out. Of the Texas sales we hold with a sale date, 99.8% fall on a first Tuesday or on that Wednesday exception. The rule also catches mistakes: a Texas date on any other day is a misprint or a misreading, never a sale held on another day. Where the notice shows the real date, as with a year left over from last year's template, we use it and say so on the listing; where it does not, the listing says the printed date cannot be right.
One sale day a month means a month's volume arrives at once. In California a trustee can sell on any business day [3], so sales spread across the month. Texas stacks them into one day per county, and a large county can have hundreds of sales set for the same few hours. For a bidder that cuts both ways: one trip covers every sale in the county, but every property has to be researched for the same deadline, and every competing bidder is in the same room.
The notices: 20 days to cure, then 21 days' notice of sale
Before a Texas trustee sale of a home, the borrower must get at least 20 days to cure the default, and then at least 21 days' notice of the sale, posted at the courthouse, filed with the county clerk and mailed.
Two notices come before the auction.
The notice of default. When the property is the borrower's residence, the servicer must first send a written notice of default by certified mail, "giving the debtor at least 20 days to cure the default before notice of sale can be given" [4].
The notice of sale. Then comes the notice of trustee's sale itself. It must state the earliest time the sale will begin and be given at least 21 days before the sale date [5], in three ways at once:
- posted at the courthouse door of each county where the property is located [6];
- filed with the county clerk of each of those counties [7]; and
- sent by certified mail to each debtor obligated on the loan [8].
The day the notice is given counts as one of the 21, and the day of the sale does not [9]. So a sale on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 needs its notice posted, filed and mailed by October 13. Because the first Tuesday always falls between the 1st and the 7th, the last day to give notice for a month's sale always falls between the 8th and the 17th of the month before.
Put together, the shortest path from a notice of default to an auction is 41 days, and the sale still has to wait for a first Tuesday. That figure is often quoted as the length of a Texas foreclosure, but it is only the state's part. For most home loans a federal rule adds its own wait: a servicer may not make the first notice or filing in any foreclosure until the loan is more than 120 days delinquent [10]. On a typical home loan, the earliest Texas sale comes around five months after the first missed payment, not six weeks. Texas trustee sale laws keeps these rules beside the notice lead our records observe, and the trustee sale deadline calculator turns a sale date into each deadline.
No newspaper. None of the three required methods is a newspaper. Most deed-of-trust states require a notice of trustee's sale to be published in one, and trustee sale laws by state sets out each state's publication rule. Texas relies on the courthouse door, the clerk's file and the mail, and on the county website: each county must post every notice filed with its clerk online, free to view and without registration [11]. The clerk's paper file is less permanent, because the clerk may dispose of the notices once the sale date has passed [12]. Our Texas records are read from those county filings, and how this data is collected lists the clerks we read.
Where the sale is held
A Texas trustee sale is held at the county courthouse, in the area the commissioners court has designated and recorded, or at another public place near the courthouse that the court has designated instead.
Each county's commissioners court designates the spot and records the designation in the county's property records, and "the sale must occur in the designated area" [13]. A county may also move its sales away from the courthouse, to a public place within a reasonable proximity of it [14].
The notices say where to stand, often in detail. In the notices we hold:
- Harris County sales are held in the Magnolia South Ballroom of the Bayou City Event Center, 9401 Knight Road, Houston, not at the courthouse.
- Bexar County sales are held outside, on the west side of the Bexar County Courthouse, near East Nueva Street.
- Dallas County sales are held on the north side of the George Allen Courts Building, facing Commerce Street, below the overhang.
Designations change, so treat the notice for the sale you want as the authority, and check the county's recorded designation if a notice is vague.
How the auction runs on the day
A substitute trustee named in the notice opens the sale at the stated time or within three hours after it, announces any conditions, and sells each property to the highest bidder.
Almost every Texas notice we hold names a substitute trustee. The lender, or a servicer it authorizes, can appoint substitute trustees "to succeed to all title, powers, and duties of the original trustee" [15], and the notice must give their names and a street address [16]. What a trustee actually does explains the role, and our trustee firms directory lists the firms named on the notices we hold.
Timing. Each notice states the earliest time its sale will begin, and the sale must begin at that time or no later than three hours after it [17]. Of the upcoming Texas sales in our records with a stated time, 74% give 10 a.m., which means those sales can open at any point until 1 p.m. Arrive at the stated time and expect to wait.
Conditions. The trustee may set reasonable conditions for the sale, as long as they are announced before bidding opens for its first sale of the day [18]. Those conditions bind every bidder, so be there to hear them.
Bidding. The lender usually opens with a credit bid, bidding the debt it is owed rather than cash, and a third party wins only by bidding more. How to buy at a trustee sale covers title checks and bidding in every state we cover.
Paying for what you win
The price at a Texas trustee sale is due without delay once the bid is accepted, unless the buyer asks for more time and the trustee agrees, and the property comes as is.
The purchase price is "due and payable without delay on acceptance of the bid", or within a reasonable time the buyer asks for and the trustee agrees to [19]. There is no financing contingency and no time to arrange a mortgage, so bring funds in the form the notice and the trustee's announced conditions accept. The cashier's check calculator works out which checks to bring so you can pay any winning bid up to your maximum.
What you get is the property as it stands. A buyer at a Texas trustee sale "acquires the foreclosed property 'as is' without any expressed or implied warranties, except as to warranties of title, and at the purchaser's own risk" [20]. Liens senior to the one being foreclosed survive the sale, occupants stay until lawfully removed, and nobody discloses defects. What happens after a trustee sale sets out which liens survive and where the money goes.
When a sale can be undone: the 15-day rescission window
For 15 days after a Texas trustee sale of a home, the lender or trustee can rescind it for any of six reasons the statute lists, and the buyer gets the bid back rather than the property.
Section 51.016 applies only to sales of residential property [21]: a one-to-four-family home, or a condominium or cooperative unit. Within 15 days of such a sale, the lender, trustee or substitute trustee may rescind it [22] for any of these reasons:
| The sale can be rescinded if | Source |
|---|---|
| The statutory requirements for the sale were not met | § 51.016(b)(1) [23] |
| The default was cured before the sale | § 51.016(b)(2) [24] |
| A receivership or dependent probate administration involving the property was pending | § 51.016(b)(3) [25] |
| A condition of sale given to bidders in writing was not met | § 51.016(b)(4) [26] |
| The lender and the borrower agreed before the sale to cancel it, on a written agreement to cure | § 51.016(b)(5) [27] |
| A bankruptcy stay of the sale was in effect when it was held | § 51.016(b)(6) [28] |
A rescission is done on paper. The rescinding party serves written notice on the buyer and the borrower and records it in the county's property records within the same 15 days [29], and the lender must return the bid within five days of the rescission [30]. A buyer who challenges the rescission in court can recover only the unrefunded bid, with 10 percent interest a year unless the ground was a bankruptcy stay [31], and "the court may not order specific performance of the sale as a remedy for the purchaser" [32]. The buyer can be made whole on the money but cannot insist on the house.
For 15 days after a residential sale, then, do not spend money on the property that you could not get back, and check the county's property records for a recorded notice of rescission before you do.
Home equity, HOA and tax sales: the same day, different rules
Three kinds of sale share the first Tuesday but not all of its rules: a home equity loan needs a court order first, an HOA's sale can be redeemed for 180 days, and a tax sale is run by a county officer rather than a trustee.
Home equity loans. A Texas home equity loan is secured by a lien "that may be foreclosed upon only by a court order" [33]. The lender gets that order in an expedited court proceeding first, and notices for these loans often include it: an order to proceed with notice of foreclosure sale and a foreclosure sale. The sale itself is then held on a first Tuesday like any other. These loans also carry no personal liability for the owners, except where the loan was obtained by actual fraud [34].
HOA sales. A property owners' association generally must also obtain a court order, in an expedited proceeding, before it forecloses its assessment lien [35]. What sets these sales apart comes afterwards. The owner, or a lienholder, can redeem the property from any buyer within 180 days of the association mailing notice of the sale [36], and until then the buyer may not transfer it to anyone but a redeeming owner [37]. Bid on an association's sale only if you can wait six months to learn whether you keep the property.
Tax sales. Property sold for unpaid taxes goes under the hammer the same day: a tax sale held in person must take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday too [38]. But it is conducted by the officer charged with selling the property, not by a trustee [39], and the owner of a homestead or of agricultural land can redeem it until the second anniversary of the buyer's deed being filed [40]. We track notices of trustee's sale only, so tax sales are not in our records. Check which kind of sale a listing is before you bid on it.
After the sale: deficiency, military service and possession
After a Texas trustee sale the lender has two years to sue for any deficiency, a servicemember's home has extra protection, and an occupant must get written notice before an eviction suit.
Deficiency. If the sale price is less than the debt, the lender can sue for the difference, but must do so within two years of the sale [41]. The borrower can ask the court to determine the property's fair market value at the date of the sale [42], and is credited where that value exceeds the sale price, so a low winning bid does not by itself set what the borrower still owes.
Military service. Texas bars a sale of a servicemember's dwelling, on a debt taken on before active duty, during that service and for nine months after it, unless a court orders the sale or the servicemember signs a qualifying waiver [43]. The federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act reaches further, to one year after service [44].
Possession. A buyer who wants an occupant out must give written notice to vacate before filing an eviction suit, called a forcible detainer suit in Texas: at least three days' notice to a tenant at will or by sufferance [45], and at least 30 days' notice to a residential tenant who keeps paying rent, if the buyer chooses not to continue the lease [46].
Finding the month's sales
Every Texas notice of sale is filed with the county clerk and posted on the county's website, but each county posts its own, so a statewide list means checking every county with sales.
Texas has 254 counties, and the notices sit in each of their clerks' files. We hold 4,188 upcoming Texas trustee sales, read from those filings, and the busiest counties carry most of them: Harris County trustee sales, Bexar County trustee sales, Dallas County trustee sales and Tarrant County trustee sales. Texas trustee sales lists every Texas county we cover.
A routine that fits the first-Tuesday calendar:
- Pull the list by the middle of the month. Every notice for next month's sale day has to be given by the 17th at the latest, and many are filed weeks earlier.
- Research in the two weeks before the sale. That is the time for title searches, drive-bys and setting a maximum bid. How to read a notice of trustee's sale shows what to take from each notice, and the notice decoder does it for a pasted one.
- Confirm the day before. Sales are canceled and moved up to the last minute, so call the substitute trustee named on the notice. Trustee sale postponements explains why sales move.
- Arrive at the stated time with your funds, and stay for the trustee's announced conditions.
- Wait out the 15 days after a residential sale before you treat the property as yours.
This article explains how Texas trustee sales work under the Property Code. It is not legal advice. A Texas real-estate attorney can tell you what applies to a particular sale.
Sources
46 primary- [1]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(a) — Texas Legislature“a sale of real property under a power of sale conferred by a deed of trust or other contract lien must be a public sale at auction held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. of the first Tuesday of a month”
- [2]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(a-1) — Texas Legislature“If the first Tuesday of a month occurs on January 1 or July 4, a public sale under Subsection (a) must be held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month.”
- [3]Cal. Civ. Code § 2924g(a)(1) — California Legislature“shall be made at auction, to the highest bidder, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any business day, Monday through Friday”
- [4]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(d) — Texas Legislature“giving the debtor at least 20 days to cure the default before notice of sale can be given under Subsection (b)”
- [5]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(b) — Texas Legislature“notice of the sale, which must include a statement of the earliest time at which the sale will begin, must be given at least 21 days before the date of the sale”
- [6]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(b)(1) — Texas Legislature“posting at the courthouse door of each county in which the property is located a written notice designating the county in which the property will be sold”
- [7]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(b)(2) — Texas Legislature“filing in the office of the county clerk of each county in which the property is located a copy of the notice posted under Subdivision (1)”
- [8]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(b)(3) — Texas Legislature“serving written notice of the sale by certified mail on each debtor who, according to the records of the mortgage servicer of the debt, is obligated to pay the debt”
- [9]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(g) — Texas Legislature“The entire calendar day on which the notice of sale is given, regardless of the time of day at which the notice is given, is included in computing the 21-day notice period required by Subsection (b), and the entire calendar day of the foreclosure sale is excluded.”
- [10]12 CFR § 1024.41(f)(1) — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau“A servicer shall not make the first notice or filing required by applicable law for any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure process unless: (i) A borrower's mortgage loan obligation is more than 120 days delinquent”
- [11]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(f-1) — Texas Legislature“A county shall prominently post a notice of sale filed with the county clerk under Subsection (b)(2) on the county's Internet website on a page where the county posts other auction information and that is publicly available for viewing without charge or registration.”
- [12]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(f) — Texas Legislature“The clerk may dispose of the notices after the date of sale specified in the notice has passed.”
- [13]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(a) — Texas Legislature“The commissioners court shall designate the area at the courthouse where the sales are to take place and shall record the designation in the real property records of the county. The sale must occur in the designated area.”
- [14]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(h) — Texas Legislature“may designate an area other than an area at the county courthouse where public sales of real property under this section will take place that is in a public place within a reasonable proximity of the county courthouse”
- [15]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.0075(c) — Texas Legislature“a mortgagee may appoint or may authorize a mortgage servicer to appoint a substitute trustee or substitute trustees to succeed to all title, powers, and duties of the original trustee”
- [16]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.0075(e) — Texas Legislature“The name and a street address for a trustee or substitute trustees shall be disclosed on the notice”
- [17]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(c) — Texas Legislature“The sale must begin at the time stated in the notice of sale or not later than three hours after that time.”
- [18]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.0075(a) — Texas Legislature“A trustee or substitute trustee may set reasonable conditions for conducting the public sale if the conditions are announced before bidding is opened for the first sale of the day held by the trustee or substitute trustee.”
- [19]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.0075(f) — Texas Legislature“The purchase price in a sale held by a trustee or substitute trustee under this section is due and payable without delay on acceptance of the bid or within such reasonable time as may be agreed upon by the purchaser and the trustee or substitute trustee if the purchaser makes such request for additional time to deliver the purchase price.”
- [20]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.009(1) — Texas Legislature“acquires the foreclosed property "as is" without any expressed or implied warranties, except as to warranties of title, and at the purchaser's own risk”
- [21]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(a) — Texas Legislature“This section applies only to a nonjudicial foreclosure sale of residential real property”
- [22]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b) — Texas Legislature“Not later than the 15th calendar day after the date of a foreclosure sale, a mortgagee, trustee, or substitute trustee may rescind the sale under this section if”
- [23]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(1) — Texas Legislature“the statutory requirements for the sale were not satisfied”
- [24]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(2) — Texas Legislature“the default leading to the sale was cured before the sale”
- [25]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(3) — Texas Legislature“a receivership or dependent probate administration involving the property was pending at the time of sale”
- [26]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(4) — Texas Legislature“a condition specified in the conditions of sale prescribed by the trustee or substitute trustee before the sale and made available in writing to prospective bidders at the sale was not met”
- [27]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(5) — Texas Legislature“the mortgagee or mortgage servicer and the debtor agreed before the sale to cancel the sale based on an enforceable written agreement by the debtor to cure the default”
- [28]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(b)(6) — Texas Legislature“at the time of the sale, a court-ordered or automatic stay of the sale imposed in a bankruptcy case filed by a person with an interest in the property was in effect”
- [29]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(c) — Texas Legislature“On or before the 15th calendar day after the date of the sale, the party rescinding the sale shall”
- [30]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(e) — Texas Legislature“Not later than the fifth calendar day after the date a foreclosure sale is rescinded under this section, the mortgagee shall return to the purchaser by certified mail, electronic or wire transfer, or courier service with delivery tracking the amount of the bid paid by the purchaser for the property at the sale.”
- [31]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(k) — Texas Legislature“may only award as damages to the purchaser the amount of the bid paid for the property by the purchaser at the sale that has not been refunded to the purchaser, plus interest on that amount at the rate of 10 percent per year”
- [32]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.016(k) — Texas Legislature“Notwithstanding any other law, the court may not order specific performance of the sale as a remedy for the purchaser.”
- [33]Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 50(a)(6)(D) — Texas Legislature“is secured by a lien that may be foreclosed upon only by a court order”
- [34]Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 50(a)(6)(C) — Texas Legislature“is without recourse for personal liability against each owner and the spouse of each owner, unless the owner or spouse obtained the extension of credit by actual fraud”
- [35]Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0092(a) — Texas Legislature“a property owners' association may not foreclose a property owners' association assessment lien unless the association first obtains a court order in an application for expedited foreclosure”
- [36]Tex. Prop. Code § 209.011(b) — Texas Legislature“may redeem the property from any purchaser at a sale foreclosing a property owners' association's assessment lien not later than the 180th day after the date the association mails written notice of the sale to the owner and the lienholder under Section 209.010”
- [37]Tex. Prop. Code § 209.011(c) — Texas Legislature“A person who purchases property at a sale foreclosing a property owners' association's assessment lien may not transfer ownership of the property to a person other than a redeeming lot owner during the redemption period.”
- [38]Tex. Tax Code § 34.01(r-1) — Texas Legislature“must take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of a month or, if the first Tuesday of a month occurs on January 1 or July 4, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month”
- [39]Tex. Tax Code § 34.01(a) — Texas Legislature“ordered sold pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien shall be sold by the officer charged with selling the property”
- [40]Tex. Tax Code § 34.21(a) — Texas Legislature“may redeem the property on or before the second anniversary of the date on which the purchaser's deed is filed for record”
- [41]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.003(a) — Texas Legislature“any action brought to recover the deficiency must be brought within two years of the foreclosure sale”
- [42]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.003(b) — Texas Legislature“may request that the court in which the action is pending determine the fair market value of the real property as of the date of the foreclosure sale”
- [43]Tex. Prop. Code § 51.015(d) — Texas Legislature“may not be conducted during the military servicemember's period of active duty military service or during the nine months after the date on which that service period concludes”
- [44]50 U.S.C. § 3953(c) — Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives“shall not be valid if made during, or within one year after, the period of the servicemember's military service except”
- [45]Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(b) — Texas Legislature“If the occupant is a tenant at will or by sufferance, the landlord must give the tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit”
- [46]Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(b) — Texas Legislature“the purchaser must give a residential tenant of the building at least 30 days' written notice to vacate if the purchaser chooses not to continue the lease”
Questions
When are foreclosure auctions held in Texas?
On the first Tuesday of every month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Texas Property Code section 51.002 requires every sale under a deed of trust's power of sale to be held then, except that when the first Tuesday is January 1 or July 4 the sale moves to the first Wednesday of the month. Each sale must begin at the time stated in its notice or within three hours after that time.
Where are Texas foreclosure auctions held?
At the county courthouse, in the area the county's commissioners court has designated and recorded, or at another public place near the courthouse that the court has designated instead. The notice of sale names the place. Harris County's notices, for example, give the Bayou City Event Center on Knight Road in Houston rather than the courthouse.
How much notice is required before a foreclosure sale in Texas?
For a borrower's home, at least 20 days' written notice of default and the chance to cure it, then at least 21 days' notice of the sale itself, posted at the courthouse door, filed with the county clerk and sent to each debtor by certified mail. For most home loans a federal rule also bars the first foreclosure notice until the loan is more than 120 days delinquent.
Are Texas foreclosure notices published in a newspaper?
No. Texas law requires the notice of sale to be posted at the courthouse door, filed with the county clerk and mailed to each debtor, and requires each county to post the filed notices on its website, free to view and without registration. A newspaper is not one of the required methods, so Texas sales are found through county clerks and county websites rather than legal notice pages.
Do you need cash to buy at a Texas foreclosure auction?
You need funds you can hand over on the spot. Texas makes the price due without delay when the bid is accepted, unless the buyer asks for more time and the trustee agrees to a reasonable period, and the trustee can set further conditions announced before bidding opens. Read the notice and listen to the conditions for the accepted form of payment. There is no time to arrange a mortgage.
Can a Texas foreclosure sale be reversed?
Within limits. For a sale of a home, the lender or trustee can rescind it within 15 days for six reasons the statute lists, such as a default cured before the sale or a bankruptcy stay in effect at the time. The bid must be returned within five days of the rescission, and a buyer who sues over it can recover the bid, with interest in most cases, but cannot force the sale to go through.
Is there a right of redemption after a Texas foreclosure sale?
Not after an ordinary sale under a deed of trust: Chapter 51 of the Property Code, which governs those sales, gives the former owner no right to redeem. Two kinds of sale differ. After an HOA's assessment-lien sale, the owner can redeem within 180 days of the association mailing notice of the sale, and after a tax sale of a homestead, until the second anniversary of the buyer's deed being filed.
Can a lender collect a deficiency after a Texas foreclosure sale?
On most loans, yes, but the suit must be brought within two years of the sale, and the borrower can ask the court to set the property's fair market value at the date of the sale and credit any amount by which it exceeds the sale price. A Texas home equity loan is different: it carries no personal liability except where it was obtained by actual fraud.
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TrusteeSaleData. "How the Texas first-Tuesday sale works." Published October 1, 2026, updated October 2, 2026. https://www.trusteesaledata.com/blog/texas-first-tuesday-foreclosure-auctions
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