Some get postponed, some get stayed, some the upset price is too high, some the paperwork for notices was not sent properly, some Bankruptcy and some other reasons. 

You can usually post pone the sale if you make a payment towards the balance and work something out with the county.

The government imposed travel restrictions would have us flying into Manila April 1st and being restricted to staying in Manila for the next 14 days.Even the wedding we were planning to attend has had to be postponed due to the local restrictions on large social gatherings.Its disappointing but understandable given the  situation.

My tires got cut several times, and one of the evictions was postponed by a stellar performance of the tenant having a heart attack.

I am afraid I will have to pass :-(While I do anticipate the border being fully open buy October, I've decided to postpone international travel until the end of 2021 (when our under-12 kid should be vaccinated).I have a long list of family that have not been seen in-person for 18+ months ... so that will be the priority.

(at least briefly.)Or, the lender can see that their path to foreclosure may become a lawsuit and they will simply postpone the foreclosure sale until the Quiet Title is dropped or resolved then they will file foreclosure proceedings again.

Potentially tens of thousands less, which then gives you both the cashflow as well as postponing maintenance issues.

That said as others have said, you don't lose the tax breaks you simply postpone them.

Call ahead before going to auctions, they can be cancelled or postponed up until the moment they are supposed to startOR just go to an auction and ask the people bidding how they find the homes they are looking for

If it's a full payoff of the debt, the borrower can request (But not get any certainty) a postponement of the sale but I wouldn't bet on that if the sale is within six days.