Jurisdiction-specific guides on foreclosure title risks, lien priority, and what survives the auction sale — written for investors who bid at courthouse steps, trustee sales, and online auctions.
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July 1, 2026
In Illinois, a recorded air rights lease senior to the mortgage survives foreclosure — and the new owner inherits a building they can't legally occupy above a certain floor.
Read more →June 30, 2026
Colorado TDR conservation easements permanently strip development potential from your parcel — and they survive tax sales. Here's what auction bidders miss.
Read more →June 30, 2026
Texas courts imply easements by necessity over adjacent parcels when land becomes landlocked through subdivision—rights that bind foreclosure buyers.
Read more →June 26, 2026
Vermont CLT ground leases impose permanent resale formulas that can limit your profit to 25% of appreciation—and they survive foreclosure.
Read more →May 25, 2026
A deed covenant from 1987 can block your gut rehab in 2024 — and the foreclosure sale didn't extinguish it.
Read more →May 24, 2026
Agricultural conservation easements run with the land forever, blocking subdivision and development regardless of zoning changes or new ownership.
Read more →May 23, 2026
Mineral leases run with the land and survive foreclosure. That foreclosure flip in shale country may come with a decades-long production agreement you can't terminate.
Read more →May 22, 2026
Mineral estates severed in the 1950s can still grant drilling access today. Your foreclosure deed won't mention them.
Read more →May 21, 2026
UCC fixture filings on solar equipment create security interests that survive foreclosure—and the panels stay bolted to your roof.
Read more →May 20, 2026
A neighbor's decades-old path across the property became a legal easement before the mortgage existed — and your foreclosure deed can't extinguish it.
Read more →May 19, 2026
Prescriptive and implied easements don't appear in title searches but survive foreclosure and can halt your project cold.
Read more →May 1, 2026
Utility easements, drainage rights-of-way, and access easements are permanent encumbrances on title. They survive every sale and foreclosure, and they can eliminate the improvements you planned.
Read more →April 25, 2026
Deed restrictions and restrictive covenants recorded decades ago can still prohibit uses, limit density, or bar certain improvements — and a foreclosure sale does not remove them.
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