Notification of the "trustee sale," which is the foreclosure sale you refer to, is a legal requirement. This includes posting a notice on the front door of the house, sending out a notice by mail to the mailing address of the owner of record, and publishing in a local paper on more than one occasion. Every once in a great while (perhaps 1/5000) something goes wrong and a trustee sale happens illegally. I doubt it's ever because the lender is sneaky, it's more likely that someone forgot to do their job of mailing/advertising/posting the sale.

If you would like to contact me, I have access to trustee sale filings for the entire state of California. I can lookup the address and tell you whether something has been filed or not, as a courtesy for you.

Best of luck,
Aaron Lewis
The Lewis Team at Prudential California Realty
aaron (at) weworkharder.com

NO!! The lender will always notifies the trustee sale, they also send the notice of default even 3 months before the trustee sale. Are you looking to buy a home or wants to sell your house?

Blaison Samuel
Certified Short Sale Specialist