Guilford County Lists Its Foreclosures Online. Forsyth Makes You Walk In.
Guilford County Posts Foreclosure Notices Online. Forsyth Still Requires a Courthouse Visit. If you’re researching a guilford county foreclosure sale notice, you’re in luck — Guilford County makes this information genuinely accessible. The Guilford County Clerk of Court publishes active foreclosure filings through the North Carolina eCourts public portal, searchable by address, case number, or…
Read MoreForsyth County Foreclosure Sales Are Posted on a Bulletin Board at 175 N. Chestnut
If you’ve been searching for the Forsyth County foreclosure list, here’s the straight answer: there isn’t a tidy digital database you can browse from your couch. Forsyth County posts its upcoming foreclosure sales on a physical bulletin board at the Hall of Justice, 175 N. Chestnut Street in downtown Winston-Salem. That’s the official public notice…
Read MoreA Thomasville House Gets Two Tax Bills. Sellers Only Budget for One
A Thomasville House Gets Two Tax Bills. Sellers Only Budget for One You list your Thomasville house, accept an offer, and start mapping out what you’ll walk away with. Then your closing attorney hands you a settlement statement and your net proceeds are a few hundred dollars lower than expected. The culprit, more often than…
Read MoreRural Forsyth County Repair Grants Skip Winston-Salem and Walkertown Residents
The Short Answer: Most of Rural Forsyth County Doesn’t Qualify for State or County Repair Grants If you own a home in Tobaccoville, Rural Hall, Bethania, or anywhere else in the unincorporated stretches of Forsyth County and you’ve been searching for a rural Forsyth County home repair grant, here’s what the program literature won’t tell…
Read MoreKernersville Sits in Two Counties. Which One Bills Your House?
Kernersville Sits in Two Counties. Which One Bills Your House? Your Kernersville mailing address won’t tell you which county taxes your home — but the answer matters when you’re budgeting, disputing an assessment, or preparing to sell. Here it is: your property is taxed by whichever county it physically sits in, either Forsyth or Guilford.…
Read MoreHow a Winston-Salem House Ends Up on a City Council Demolition Agenda
If you’ve received a letter from Winston-Salem’s Inspections Division saying your property has been referred for demolition consideration, you’re probably wondering how things escalated this far — and whether there’s still time to stop it. There is, usually, but the window closes fast once a case reaches the council agenda. Here’s exactly how a Winston-Salem…
Read MoreI-840 Closed the Loop in 2023. What It Did to Northeast Greensboro
For thirty years, northeast Greensboro was the gap in the beltway. Commuters knew it, developers knew it, and homeowners certainly knew it — because that gap meant their corner of Guilford County stayed disconnected from the economic activity clustering around the completed western and southern segments of I-840. When the northeastern section closed the loop…
Read MoreThomasville’s Abatement Lien Follows the Deed, Not the Owner
Thomasville’s Abatement Lien Follows the Deed, Not the Owner Here is the answer up front: a code violation abatement lien placed by the City of Thomasville attaches to the property itself, not to you personally. Under North Carolina General Statute 160D-1207, when a municipality pays to abate a nuisance or enforce a code violation and…
Read MoreRenting Your High Point House to Furniture Market — and the 14-Day Tax Line
The Short Answer: Yes, You Can Rent Tax-Free — But Only If You Stay Under 14 Days If you own a home in or around High Point, you’re sitting on a twice-yearly goldmine that most homeowners quietly exploit and almost nobody talks about at the neighborhood cookout. The High Point Market — the largest home…
Read MoreThe $60,000 Year’s Allowance Comes Out of Cash, Not the House
Your father died in March. The house is paid off, worth around $280,000, and you and your siblings want to sell it. The attorney mentions a “year’s allowance” for your stepmother. Suddenly there’s a $60,000 claim on the estate — and nobody seems to agree on whether that means she gets a piece of the…
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