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Sheriff Sales in ZIP 19802 (Wilmington, Delaware)

By Paras Turakhia, Silverside Home Buyers, Wilmington · Public data, updated monthly · Data through September 2026

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Quick answer: From June 2023 through September 2026, 94 properties in ZIP 19802 (Wilmington, New Castle County) were sold at sheriff sale, the most of the 39 New Castle and Kent County ZIP codes in our data. In the last 12 months 19 sold, compared with 26 in the 12 months before, about 13% of all New Castle County sheriff sales.
94
sold at sheriff sale, Jun 2023 to Sep 2026
19
sold in the last 12 months (26 in the 12 before)
13%
of New Castle County's sheriff sales, last 12 months
8
19802 properties on the list for the Oct 13 sale

Sheriff sales in 19802 by year

Counts come from the county sheriff's after-sale result lists, one row per property. "Sold" includes properties the foreclosing lender bought back with a credit bid. Years at either end are partial.

YearSold in 19802New Castle County sales covered
202325Jun 2023 to Dec 2023
202429Jan 2024 to Dec 2024
202525Jan 2025 to Dec 2025
202615Jan 2026 to Sep 2026

The last 12 months

Each row is a month in which New Castle County held a sheriff sale. Counts are small, so a change of one or two is noise, not a trend.

Sale monthSold in 19802
Sep 20262
Aug 20262
Jul 20261
Jun 20263
May 20262
Apr 20262
Mar 20260
Feb 20263
Jan 20260
Dec 20250
Nov 20251
Oct 20253

How sheriff sales work in New Castle County

New Castle County holds its real-estate sheriff sale in person on the second Tuesday of each month at the City/County Building in Wilmington. The Superior Court has to confirm each sale, and until the sale happens the owner can usually still stop it by paying the default, through foreclosure mediation, or by selling the house. Our New Castle County sheriff sale guide covers the schedule, deposits and confirmation in detail.

If your home in 19802 is on a sheriff sale list

Start with free, independent help before you talk to any buyer, including us:

  1. Call a HUD-approved housing counselor. Counseling is free and counselors can talk to your lender for you. Find a HUD-approved counselor in Delaware or use the CFPB counselor search.
  2. Use Delaware's foreclosure mediation program. If the house is a 1 to 4 unit home you live in, the Delaware Automatic Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program lets you meet your lender face to face. Hotline (800) 220-5424, mortgage.mediation@delaware.gov.
  3. Check state assistance. The Delaware State Housing Authority lists current homeowner assistance programs.
  4. If the sale already happened, check whether you are owed surplus money through the Superior Court's Project Rightful Owner. Claiming is free; you don't need to pay a finder.
  5. Talk to a Delaware attorney about bankruptcy or defenses if the sale date is close.

If selling turns out to be your best option, see selling a house in Wilmington, or call (302) 525-0787 for a written offer with the math shown. We don't use these lists to contact homeowners.

Other New Castle County ZIP codes

19720 New Castle (88) · 19805 Wilmington (79) · 19801 Wilmington (69) · 19702 Newark (44) · 19709 Middletown (25) · 19713 Newark (23) · 19701 Bear (22) · 19977 Smyrna (21) · 19734 Townsend (18) · 19804 Wilmington (18) · 19809 Wilmington (17) · 19938 Clayton (15) · 19711 Newark (15) · 19808 Wilmington (15) · 19703 Claymont (13) · 19806 Wilmington (11)

About this data

Aggregate counts only: we read the county lists to count rows and never publish or store names, street addresses, parcel or case numbers. Full sources, checks and limits are in the tracker methodology, and the raw counts are in the ZIP code CSV. Sussex County is not included.

General information, not legal or financial advice.

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