NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, a certain Deed of Trust dated April 20, 2011, was executed by Vera G. Clements to Ed Goldberg, Trustee, securing Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $261,000.00, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 5042, at Page 9853. This Deed of Trust was assigned by Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. to The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by Assignment dated June 7, 2019, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 5070, at Page 4898.; and
WHEREAS, a certain Second Deed of Trust dated April 20, 2011, was executed by Vera G. Clements to HUD Field Office Manager’s designee, Mr. Fred Roncaglione, Trustee, securing The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $261,000.00, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 5042, at Page 9855; and
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the above Deeds of Trust in the payment due on February 28, 2025, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of February 24, 2025 is $265,492.96; and;
WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deeds of Trust to be immediate due and payable; and
NOW THEREFOR, pursuant to powers vested in it by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq, by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B and by the Secretary’s designation of Bailey & Slotnick as Foreclosure Commissioner by FORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER DESIGNATION dated November 7, 2017, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia, in Book 5073, at Page 165, notice is hereby given that the borrower has defaulted under the Deeds of Trust and the Foreclosure Commissioner will sell the following property described to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Raleigh County, in Beckley, West Virginia, on:
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025,
AT 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M.
All that certain lot or parcel of real estate, together with improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in Town District, Raleigh County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a 1 1/4-inch steel pipe found in the northern right-of-way line of Bluestone Road, said point being the common corner between Lots 21 and 22 of “Property Map for Blackburn Patteson Realty Co. showing Section 6 of Morgan Hills Subdivision No. 1”; thence leaving Bluestone Road and with the common line between said Lots 21 and 22, N 05° 58’ W 150.00 feet to a 1 1/4-inch steel pipe found in the line of Blackburn Patteson Realty Co., said point being the common corner of said Lots 21 and 22; thence leaving said Lot 21 and with the common line between said Lot 22 and Blackburn Patteson Realty Co. N 84° 02’ E 100.00 feet to a point bearing N 69° 06’ E, 2.71 feet from a 1-inch steel pipe found, said point being the common corner of Lots 22 and 23, Section 6 of said subdivision; thence leaving Blackburn Patteson Realty Co. and with the common line between said Lots 22 and 23, S 05° 58’ E 150.00 feet to a 1 1/4-inch steel pipe found in the northern right-of-way line of Bluestone Road, said point being the common corner between said Lots 22 and 23; thence leaving said Lot 23 and with Lot 22 and Bluestone Road, S 84° 02’ W 100.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 15,000 square feet (0.344 acres), more or less, as surveyed by Eastern Surveying, Inc. in July, 1992.
Being the same property conveyed unto Lamonte Clements and Vera G. Clements from George F. Taylor and Janet K. Taylor by deed dated June 18, 2010, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 5039 at Page 8659. And being the same property conveyed unto Vera G. Clements from Lamonte Clements and Vera G. Clements by Quitclaim deed dated April 20, 2011, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 5042 at Page 9851. Vera G. Clements died intestate in Raleigh County, West Virginia on December 8, 2022, and pursuant to the administration of the estate her interest in and to the subject property descended to Lamonte Clements Estate, Kelsia Matthews and Montesha Hickman.
At the time of the execution of the Deeds of Trust, this property was reported to have an address of: 704 Bluestone Road, Beckley, WV 25801.
TERMS OF SALE:
1) The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.
2) There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other incomes or liabilities, except that the Purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
3) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-2.
4) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.
5) The Foreclosure Commissioner reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Foreclosure Commissioner.
6) The Foreclosure Commissioner shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate the property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.
7) The total purchase price is payable to the Foreclosure Commissioner by cashier’s check, cash or money order within thirty (30) days of the date of sale with a minimum deposit of $26,000.00 payable to the Foreclosure Commissioner by cashier’s check, cash or money order at the time and place of the sale. There will be no refund granted of any amount if the third-party purchaser elects not to purchase the property for any reason.
8) The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a cashier’s check or money order made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.
9) If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner and after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.
10) There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.
The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the borrower to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the Deeds of Trust are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed.
The amount that must be paid if the Deeds of Trust are to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $265,492.96 as of February 24, 2025, plus all other amounts that would be due under the Deeds of Trust if payments under the Deeds of Trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.
Given under my hand this 31st day of March, 2025.
BAILEY & SLOTNICK, PLLC,
FORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER
By: Marc J. Slotnick, Member
500 Virginia Street East, Suite 600
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Phone: (304) 346-1800
WV State Bar No. 5956