What a Foreclosure Sale Is Worth When Somebody Actually Markets It
Key facts
- What sold: a 102-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Bridgeport, West Virginia
- Type of sale: non-judicial foreclosure, conducted as a trustee's sale
- Where: the steps of the Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, West Virginia
- When: Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 2:00 PM, in the pouring rain
- Final price: $9,075,000
- Competing bids: 25
- Bidding format: live on the courthouse steps, simulcast to online bidders
- Marketing period: 42 days from listing to sale
- Qualified buyers: 35 executed NDAs from 14 states
- Auction company: Dudley Resources
The short answer
A foreclosure sale returns what the number of qualified bidders in it justifies. Most foreclosure sales are run to satisfy the statute, not to find buyers, so most draw a handful of people and a handful of bids. This one was marketed nationally for 42 days alongside the required legal notice, and it drew 25 competing bids and a final price of $9,075,000 on the courthouse steps in the rain. Nothing about the statute changed. The number of qualified buyers who knew the sale was happening did.
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