Tag Archives: Foreclosure Auction

Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM Data, said, “It’s evident that challenges in the housing market persist. While we anticipate a likely decline in the coming months due to the holiday season and other seasonal patterns, we do foresee a continued uptick in 2024 as foreclosure filings make their way through the pipeline.”

Auction.com has found that nearly one-third of distressed buyers surveyed expect home prices to decline in their local housing market in 2023, nearly double the 17% who expected home prices to decline in 2022.

Most foreclosure buyers are local community developers renovating and reselling to owner-occupants. Daren Blomquist of Auction.com examines this market segment and others taking part in home auctions nationwide.

Wayne County, Michigan, sold a bundle of more than 6,000, distressed and blighted properties to a single bidder for more than $3 million in the county's tax foreclosure auction earlier this week, according to Wayne County Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski.

An anonymous bidder offered slightly more than $3.1 million in an auction last week to buy more than 6,000 foreclosed homes in Detroit, according to Wayne County, Michigan, Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski.

RealtyTrac's latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for April 2014, revealed foreclosure filings were down 1 percent from March, totaling approximately 115,000. April's figure reflects a year-over-year decrease of 20 percent.