Each county rises with its foreclosure cases in the tracker, active and concluded. Pale counties have none. A county's own foreclosure total can be higher.
The county section further down lists each one with its count.
Point at a county to see its count.
Sales in the next 90 days
302
Open to upset bids
79
Cases in the tracker
7,141
The first two count only the active list, the homes members browse.
Most cases are matched to a parcel.
The match brings the aerial view, boundary, lot size, land use and assessed value from the county parcel map.
96% of cases in the tracker are matched to a parcel
Parcel ID
000-000-00
Lot
0.23 acres
Land use
Single family residential
Assessed value
$212,400
Building
3 beds
2 baths
1,640 sq ft
Built 1987
Example home. Address and amounts are made up.
The card shows status and deadline.
Members open it for the sale date, the current bid and the court filings.
Parcel boundary0.23 acresAssessed value $212,4003 beds · 2 baths1,640 sq ft · built 1987
Example property card: upset bid period open, 6 days left, current bid $108,000.
6 days left
Upset bid period open
118 Pennybrook Lane, NC
File no.26SP000000-400
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,640 sq ft
Single-family · Built 1987
Current bid
$108,000
Bidding ends Nov 9, 2026
This home is an example. Its address, file number and amounts are made up. No real case appears on this page.
One home's records sit in four places.
Buying a foreclosure in North Carolina means chasing one property across the clerk's file, the county GIS site, the tax card and the Register of Deeds.
The court file sits on the state's eCourts portal, one case at a time, behind a file number you already have to know. Many of the facts that matter, like the sale date, the trustee, the opening bid and who bid last, are inside scanned PDFs. Some are handwritten.
The house is somewhere else. The parcel and assessed value are on the county GIS site, the beds and square feet on the county tax card, the liens at the Register of Deeds. Each county runs its own.
Then the dates move. Sales are postponed, stayed by a bankruptcy, cancelled, set aside, or noticed again for a new day. A listing that was right on Monday can be wrong by Thursday. And after the sale the clock is short: miss the deadline by a day and the window is gone.
So we do the chasing. Homes in a bidding window and homes a member tracks are re-checked every evening after the courthouse finishes docketing. Other active cases are re-checked every two days. We read the new filings, match cases to parcel and building records where the county publishes them, and put what we find on the home's page. Each court fact we capture opens the filing it came from.
If you buy, fund, list or research foreclosures in North Carolina, request an invite and tell us which counties you follow.
The NC Foreclosure Tracker team
The courthouse sale is only the first bid.
After the trustee reports the sale to the clerk, anyone can raise the price within 10 days by filing an upset bid.
Each upset bid starts a new 10 days, and two upset bids can be filed on the same day. Once 10 days pass with no new bid, the home is sold.
By when
Within 10 days after the sale is reported, or after the last upset bid.
Where
With the Clerk of Superior Court in the county of the sale, along with a deposit. This site does not file bids or hold deposits.
Say a home is reported sold for $100,000. The bid amounts are examples. Drag the marker, use the arrow keys, or pick a day.
First 10 days
After upset bid 1
Day 0Day 6Day 10Day 16Day 20
Day 6 · Upset bid filed at $108,000
The 10 days start again. New deadline: day 16.
Example countdown and bid records for the day picked on the chart.
Upset-bid window open
10 days left
NC gives a 10-day window after each sale. Every higher bid resets the clock. Two bids can be filed on the same day.
Current high bid
$108,000
2 bids · oldest first
Report of SaleAuction result · not an upset bid
$100,000
Bidder at the sale
Upset Bid FiledCurrent high bid
$108,000
Bidder A
Bidder A
For homes with an open window, members see this ladder with the real dates, the current bid, the next minimum and deposit where we have them, and a calendar file for the deadline.
A case page answers three questions.
This is the example home from the map, as a member sees it.
Example home. Address and amounts are made up.
Where it stands
Status
One line: scheduled, open to upset bids, postponed, held by a bankruptcy, cancelled, or sold. Held and stopped sales show their hold or stop status instead of a countdown.
Days left
A 10-day ladder, the deadline, and a calendar file for your own calendar.
The money
Current high bid, minimum next bid and deposit when the filings give them, and whether the deadline was printed on the court form or computed by us.
Freshness
When we last checked the court file, and a stale warning after seven days.
Example countdown: upset bid period open, 6 days left, deadline Nov 9, current bid $108,000.
Upset-bid window open
6 days left
Closes November 9, 2026
NC gives a 10-day window after each sale. Every higher bid resets the clock. Two bids can be filed on the same day.
Current high bid
$108,000
No clock when bidding is not open
Upset bid period open
Sale held · awaiting result
Bankruptcy Hold
Withdrawn · verify before bidding
Example home
Checked today
After seven days without a check
Checked 8 days ago · data may be stale
What the court says
Court record
Owner, trustee, sale and hearing dates, deed of trust or HOA, and the bidding fields, each linked to the filing it came from.
Documents
The filed PDFs we hold, on one rail, newest first, counted by type and readable in your browser.
Upset bids
Who filed, how much, when, and the deadline each bid set. Earlier sale cycles are kept apart.
Case history
Filings, postponements, stays and new sale dates in order, in the court's own words, when the case has a history. The example home was postponed once before the sale was reported.
Example documents: Upset Bid Filed, Report of Sale, Notice of Sale twice, Notice of Hearing, newest first.
Documents
5 filings · newest first
Upset Bid Filed1Report of Sale1Notice of Sale2Notice of Hearing1
Oct 30, 2026
Upset Bid Filed
Latest
Filed Oct 30, 2026
View
Oct 23, 2026
Report of Sale
Filed Oct 23, 2026
View
Oct 2, 2026
Notice of Sale
Filed Oct 2, 2026
View
Sep 11, 2026
Notice of Sale
Filed Sep 11, 2026
View
Aug 14, 2026
Notice of Hearing
Filed Aug 14, 2026
View
Example case history: notice of sale, sale postponed, notice of sale, report of sale filed, upset bid filed.
Lifecycle history
5 events
Notice of Sale filedCourt filed: Sep 11, 2026
Sale postponedCourt filed: Sep 25, 2026
Notice of Sale filedCourt filed: Oct 2, 2026
Report of Sale filedCourt filed: Oct 23, 2026
Upset bid filedCourt filed: Oct 30, 2026
What the property is
Parcel
Aerial view, boundary, parcel ID, lot size, land use and assessed value, from NC OneMap and the county assessor, when the case is matched to a parcel.
Building
Beds, baths, square feet, year built and stories from the county tax record, where the county publishes them.
Title
Title search runs in one county today, on many of its cases: the vesting deed, the deed of trust chain, which deeds of trust are active or satisfied, their priority and loan amounts. Anything we could not confirm is flagged for a second look. It is not a full title search, and other liens may exist.
Parcel boundary0.23 acresAssessed value $212,4003 beds · 2 baths1,640 sq ft · built 1987
Parcel ID
000-000-00
Lot
0.23 acres
Land use
Single family residential
Assessed value
$212,400
Building
3 beds
2 baths
1,640 sq ft
Built 1987
Sales are grouped by the week of sale.
Weeks run Monday to Sunday, with this week marked.
Later weeks fill in as trustees file new notices of sale. A postponement, a bankruptcy stay or a cancellation shows on the home's page with the date it changed.
By county
Cases in the tracker for one county, active ones first.
Open to upset bids
Homes open to upset bids, with the current bid and deadline: 79 today.
Search
By address, file number, owner or trustee. It tolerates typos.
Filters
County, sale week, sale date and bidding status, sorted by what closes first.
Week of Oct 19
34 sales
13 open to upset bids
Week of Oct 26
49 sales
39 open to upset bids
This week
45 sales
3 open to upset bids
Week of Nov 9
48 sales
Week of Nov 16
39 sales
Week of Nov 23
18 sales
Week of Nov 30
60 sales
Week of Dec 7
22 sales
One sheet is one sale on the active list for that week. Filled sheets are sales open to upset bids. Last updated 2:39 AM ET.
Tracked homes get checked every evening.
Put homes in folders, share them with a partner or agent, and talk each one through on its page.
Folders
Watching, Bidding and Won to start, plus any you make. A whole folder can be handed to someone else. Homes that leave the active list stay, marked no longer listed.
Sharing
A folder or one home, with a person or a group, as viewer or editor, for 7, 30 or 90 days, a date you pick, or no end date.
Comments
Threads with attachments. Notify everyone, tag one person, or leave an internal note that notifies nobody.
Notifications
A bell for new comments, tags and homes added to shared folders.
Watching1 home
Example property card: upset bid period open, 6 days left, current bid $108,000.
6 days left
Upset bid period open
118 Pennybrook Lane, NC
File no.26SP000000-400
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,640 sq ft
Single-family · Built 1987
Current bid
$108,000
Bidding ends Nov 9, 2026
Bidding1 home
Example property card: 412 Birchmont Court, North Carolina, sale scheduled, sale in 21 days.
Sale in 21 days
Sale scheduled
412 Birchmont Court, NC
File no.26SP000000-310
4 bd · 2 ba · 2,180 sq ft
Single-family · Built 1998
Assessed value
$286,900
Sale scheduled Nov 24, 2026
Won1 home
Example property card: 7 Brierwick Court, North Carolina, sold / closed.
Sold / Closed
7 Brierwick Court, NC
File no.25SP000000-350
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,420 sq ft
Single-family · Built 1979
Assessed value
$176,300
Sale date Sep 24, 2026
Example home. Address and amounts are made up.
Sharing
PShared with your partner · Editor for 30 days
AYour agent · Viewer with no end date
P
Partner · Sat 10:12 AM
Drove by. The roof looks newer than the tax card says.
Y
You · Sat 10:40 AM
Upset bid is in at $108,000. The 10 days start again.
Seen by your partner
64 counties have cases in the tracker today.
We are adding every North Carolina county over the coming weeks. Tell us which counties you follow when you request an invite.
Darker: more cases in the tracker
Pale: no cases in the tracker
Cases in the tracker counts active and concluded cases. Sales in the next 90 days and open to upset bids count only the active list, the homes members browse. Last updated 2:39 AM ET, Nov 3.
County
Cases in the tracker
Sales in the next 90 days
Open to upset bids
Matched to a parcel
Mecklenburg
2,673
67
16
96%
Wake
1,124
47
11
98%
Guilford
748
32
10
94%
Forsyth
579
23
4
98%
Gaston
430
21
5
96%
Iredell
343
20
4
96%
Cabarrus
305
18
3
95%
Union
296
20
4
93%
Rowan
244
17
4
94%
Durham
118
5
4
97%
Total, 64 counties
7,141
302
79
96%
Cases in the tracker counts active and concluded cases. Sales in the next 90 days and open to upset bids count only the active list, the homes members browse. Last updated 2:39 AM ET, Nov 3.
Mecklenburg
Cases in the tracker
2,673
Sales in the next 90 days
67
Open to upset bids
16
Matched to a parcel
96%
Wake
Cases in the tracker
1,124
Sales in the next 90 days
47
Open to upset bids
11
Matched to a parcel
98%
Guilford
Cases in the tracker
748
Sales in the next 90 days
32
Open to upset bids
10
Matched to a parcel
94%
Forsyth
Cases in the tracker
579
Sales in the next 90 days
23
Open to upset bids
4
Matched to a parcel
98%
Gaston
Cases in the tracker
430
Sales in the next 90 days
21
Open to upset bids
5
Matched to a parcel
96%
Iredell
Cases in the tracker
343
Sales in the next 90 days
20
Open to upset bids
4
Matched to a parcel
96%
Cabarrus
Cases in the tracker
305
Sales in the next 90 days
18
Open to upset bids
3
Matched to a parcel
95%
Union
Cases in the tracker
296
Sales in the next 90 days
20
Open to upset bids
4
Matched to a parcel
93%
Rowan
Cases in the tracker
244
Sales in the next 90 days
17
Open to upset bids
4
Matched to a parcel
94%
Durham
Cases in the tracker
118
Sales in the next 90 days
5
Open to upset bids
4
Matched to a parcel
97%
Total, 64 counties
Cases in the tracker
7,141
Sales in the next 90 days
302
Open to upset bids
79
Matched to a parcel
96%
More counties with cases in the tracker
Catawba63
Davidson47
Stanly18
Orange16
Chatham14
Cumberland13
Brunswick7
Wilson5
Henderson4
Moore4
Nash4
New Hanover4
Pitt4
Burke3
Caldwell3
Dare3
Edgecombe3
Haywood3
Hoke3
Martin3
Onslow3
Randolph3
Wayne3
Anson2
Beaufort2
Buncombe2
Cleveland2
Craven2
Harnett2
Lee2
Lenoir2
Montgomery2
Pasquotank2
Pender2
Richmond2
Robeson2
Rockingham2
Scotland2
Alamance1
Bladen1
Carteret1
Columbus1
Franklin1
Granville1
Jackson1
Johnston1
Jones1
McDowell1
Mitchell1
Perquimans1
Person1
Surry1
Washington1
Watauga1
Ranked by cases in the tracker, active and concluded.
36 counties have no cases in the tracker.
Show the 36 counties
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Bertie
Camden
Caswell
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Currituck
Davie
Duplin
Gates
Graham
Greene
Halifax
Hertford
Hyde
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Northampton
Pamlico
Polk
Rutherford
Sampson
Stokes
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Vance
Warren
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
Four steps from request to sign-in.
We are opening the tracker to people who buy, fund, list or research North Carolina foreclosures.
Your name, email and what you do are required. Company, phone and counties are optional.
2
We review it
A person on our team reviews each request.
3
Your invite
If it is approved, an invite arrives by email with a one-time link.
4
Sign in
With Google, or your email and a password, using the address you gave us.
Questions buyers ask
Is this an auction site?
No. We do not hold auctions, file bids or take deposits. Upset bids are filed with the Clerk of Superior Court in the county of the sale.
Where does the information come from?
The case and its filings come from the NC court portal, the parcel from NC OneMap and the county assessor, and the building from the county tax record. In the one county with title search, title comes from the Register of Deeds. These are public records. For members, listing photos and market estimates come from a third-party listing source.
How current is it?
Homes in an open bidding window and homes members track are re-checked every evening after the courthouse finishes docketing. Other active cases are re-checked every two days. Each home shows when it was last checked.
Can I rely on it without checking the court file?
No. We read the court's own record and link each fact we capture to the filing it came from. Scanned filings still get misread, and courts change dates late, so before you put money down, open the filing and confirm it with the clerk.
Do you text or email me before a deadline?
Not today. Homes with an open window show the deadline, and you can add it to your own calendar.
Is my county on here?
The county section above lists each county with cases in the tracker, with its count. A county with only a few cases here may have many more on file at the courthouse. We cannot give an exact date for adding any one county yet.
Who sees my request?
Our employees who review invites, and the services that host the site and send email. The privacy page lists them.
6 days left
Sale in 21 daysSale scheduled
Sold / Closed