905 E 37th St

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER, CHATHAM COUNTY WHEREAS, on December 15, 2008, a certain Security Deed was executed by Mary Lee Allen Garvin as grantor in favor of Countrywide Bank, FSB as grantee and was recorded on December 23, 2008, in Deed Book 347D, Page 495 in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Chatham County, Georgia; and WHEREAS, the Security Deed was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and; WHEREAS, the Security Deed is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on October 19, 2015 and recorded in Deed Book 654, Page 447, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Chatham County, Georgia; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Security Deed in that the payment due upon the death of the borrower 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 May 4, 2026 is $195,974.62 plus applicable fees and costs; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Security Deed to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me 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 Aldridge Pite, LLP as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on October 9, 2024 in Deed Book 3498, Page 58, Chatham County, Georgia, notice is hereby given that on June 2, 2026 between the hours of 10:00AM – 4:00PM, local time, before the courthouse door of the Chatham County Courthouse or at the usual place of conducting Sheriff’s sales, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, COUNTY OF CHATHAM, STATE OF GEORGIA, AND BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED UPON THE PRESENT MAP OR PLAT OF SAID CITY AND ON PLAT OF S. P. KEHOE, JR., DATED JANUARY 27, 1955, RECORDED IN PLAT RECORD "G", PAGE 7, AND ON PLAN OF THIRTYSEVENTY (37TH) STREET, LOTS, RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 9-M, PAGE 61, BOTH REFERENCES BEING TO RECORDS OF CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA, AS LOT SEVENTY-THREE (73), IN BLOCK "G" HARMAN WARD; SAID LOT BEING LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIRTY-SEVENTH (37TH) STREET BETWEEN HARMON AND OTT STREETS AND BEING 84 FEET, MORE OR LESS, FROM SAID HARMON STREET, AND HAVING A FRONTAGE ON SAID THIRTY-SEVENTH (37TH) OF FORTY-TWO (42) FEET, MORE OR LESS, AND A RECTANGULAR DEPTH SOUTHWARDLY OF FIFTY-SEVEN AND ONE-HALF (57 1/2) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BEING BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY SAID THIRTYSEVENTH (37TH) STREET; EAST BY LOT 74, SAID BLOCK AND WARD; SOUTH BY LOTS 241 AND 243 (FORMERLY LOT LETTERED “A"); AND WEST BY LOT 72, SAID BLOCK AND WARD; BEING THE SAME PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENTS RECORDED 68-W-25 AND 82-J-505 OF THE RECORDS OF CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA. TAX ID NUMBER; 20063-11003 BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARY LEE ALLEN GARVIN BY DEED FROM WILLIAM H. MOCK RECORDED 11/14/1967 IN DEED BOOK 92X PAGE 250, TN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOTE: FOR STREET NUMBERING PURPOSES KNOWN AS: 905 EAST 37TH STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Commonly known as: 905 E 37th St, Savannah, GA 31401 The sale will be held at the Chatham County Courthouse or at the usual place of conducting Sheriff’s sales. Per the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the estimated opening bid will be $196,944.09, plus applicable fees and costs, and any other amounts that become due as of the date of sale; and There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorate share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, the winning bidders with the exception of the Secretary must submit the total purchase price in the form of a certified check or cashier's check made payable or endorsed to the undersigned Foreclosure Commissioner. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the date of sale and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. 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. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor 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 mortgage agreement 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 Security Deed is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is based on the nature of the default. A total payoff is required to cancel the foreclosure sale or the breach must be otherwise cured. 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. Aldridge Pite, LLP FORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Six Piedmont Center 3525 Piedmont Road NE Suite 700 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Phone: 404-994-7400 Fax: 888-755-2507 File no. 2201-038A THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.