Please read this first. Educational site only. Not a law firm, not a HUD counselor, not a servicer. Confirm the place of sale on your notice.
Checked September 4, 2026 against Texas Property Code §51.002 and the sources at the bottom. Educational only — not legal advice.
Waller County (Hempstead, Brookshire, Prairie View, Waller, parts of the Katy / Hockley edge) uses the same first-Tuesday trustee-sale calendar as the rest of Texas. It is not Walker County (Huntsville).
Where Waller mortgage sales are called
Notices commonly name the foyer at the south entrance of the Waller County Courthouse, 836 Austin Street, Hempstead, TX 77445, or “the place designated by Commissioners Court.” A new courthouse building opened on that site in 2025; still confirm the description on your notice.
The County Clerk files notices in the office (walk-in). The clerk does not post them for the trustee and does not give legal advice. Clerk page: Waller County Clerk — foreclosure notices.
How to get there
Hempstead is on US 290 west of Houston, not I-45. If you are on I-45 looking at a giant Sam Houston statue, you are in Walker County (Huntsville) — wrong county, similar name. Turn around.
836 Austin is downtown Hempstead. Prairie View A&M is a few minutes north; the sale is not on campus. Street parking around the square. The 2025 courthouse is new enough that some older notices still read like the old building — match the street address, not your memory of the facade.
Tax sales
Sheriff’s tax sales are also typically first Tuesday at the courthouse complex. They are a separate case from the mortgage. See tax sale vs. mortgage foreclosure. Tax office notes: Waller County Tax Office.
The calendar
First Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If that Tuesday is January 1 or July 4, the sale is the first Wednesday. Twenty-one-day notice of sale still applies. Dates: 2026 first Tuesdays (next is November 3).
What to do today
- Copy date, time, and “836 Austin” (or the wording on the notice).
- Call the trustee and loss mitigation.
- Call a HUD counselor: Who to call, 1-888-995-HOPE, 1-800-569-4287.
- Lone Star Legal Aid if you have court papers.
This site does not take cases and does not buy houses.
Sources, checked September 4, 2026. Sale day, posting, and 21-day notice: Texas Property Code §51.002. The county clerk records notices; the clerk does not run the auction and cannot give legal advice. Commissioners Court can redesignate the place. If this page and your notice disagree, the notice wins.
Frequently asked questions
My zip is 77493 / 77494. Is that Waller?
Those zips cross Harris, Fort Bend, and Waller. The county on the notice is the one that will call the sale.
Did you mean Walker County?
No. Waller is Hempstead, 290. Walker is Huntsville, I-45. Different clerks, different steps.
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