Allen County, Indiana
Selling a house in foreclosure in Allen County
Backstop Home Buyers buys houses as is in Fort Wayne, New Haven, Huntertown, Leo-Cedarville, Woodburn, Grabill and the rest of Allen County. This page covers how the sheriff's sale runs here, how selling first works and where to find free counselors if you want to keep the house.
The sheriff's sale in Allen County
In person in Fort Wayne, generally Tuesday through Thursday at 2 p.m.
The Allen County Sheriff's Department says sales are generally held Tuesday through Thursday at 2 p.m., except holidays. Bidding is in person only, not by phone or online. The sale location is posted outside Rooms 100 and 101 and at Court Security.
The sheriff posts a list of mortgage foreclosure sales for each month.
Sheriff's Office: 715 S. Calhoun St., Room 100, Fort Wayne, (260) 449-7535. For sheriff's sale questions or a check for money left over after a sale: (260) 449-3824.
Selling before the sale
We buy houses in Allen County as is.
You can sell any time before the sheriff's sale, even after a judgment. The lender is paid from the sale, and anything left over is yours. We buy houses. We don't stop foreclosures or work with your lender for you.
- Call or text James at (219) 419-4114. A real person answers.
- We walk the house once. No cleaning, no repairs.
- A written offer, with how we got to the number.
- Close at a licensed Indiana title company on the date you pick.
We also buy in Lake · Porter · LaPorte · St. Joseph · Elkhart counties.
Your court case
Allen County case numbers start with 02.
A Allen County foreclosure case number looks like 02D01-2609-MF-000123, with MF in the middle. Search your name on MyCase, Indiana's public court site, to see the parties, any judgment and when a sale was requested.
Free counselors, and your own attorney
Not us. Start here if you want to keep the house.
The Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network, 1-877-GET-HOPE (1-877-438-4673), has free housing counselors. Indiana Legal Services offers free civil legal help to people who qualify by income. More is on our resources page.
Finding a local attorney: Allen County Bar Association lawyer referral service. The bar's main line is (260) 423-2359.
Property taxes: check what's owed with the Allen County treasurer. A tax sale is separate from the foreclosure. How Indiana tax sales work.
Other ways it can go
Selling is only one of them.
Catching up, a loan modification, a settlement conference through the court, refinancing, listing with an agent, bankruptcy or letting it go to sale. See them side by side, with what each one takes.
Inherited a house in foreclosure?
Often the family finds out late.
Someone usually needs authority from the probate court to sell. Our inherited house page covers that, along with several heirs and siblings who don't talk.
Links go to outside organizations we do not control. Nothing here is legal advice. Last checked November 6, 2026.