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What is foreclosure? Foreclosure is a civil lawsuit in which a bank, mortgage company or other lien holder seeks a court order to sell your property to satisfy a debt. If the court awards judgment to the lender, the lender can have the property sold at auction to pay off the mortgage debt.
The foreclosure process. The foreclosure process in Texas is very short and simple. Homeowners in default on their mortgage can, by law, lose their home in as few as 41 days. And because Texas is a non-right of redemption state, there is no opportunity to reclaim your property once the foreclosure has taken place.