If you lose your home to foreclosure do you still owe the back taxes once the house is sold at auction?

A relative lost their home in Jan 2009 and the county tax collector wants back taxes for 2008 & 2009 – about $4000 each year.


Any tips for purchasing a Foreclosure Home at Auction?

Especially on the statutory right of redemption, After I pay for the home, the previous owner can get it back from me? What happens to the money I paid? And how much can a pending lien be? Can a lien go into the hundreds of thousands? For example if I buy property at 90k, can [...]


Coalition saves 150 homes from tax auction block with $194,000 – Detroit Free Press

We have hundreds of millions of dollars being thrown at the foreclosure problem in Michigan with less than … Szymanski said his office “is dedicated to keeping people in their homes, and the coalition’s accomplished just that.” He said the office raised …


New N. Ind. auto auction owner plans spring sale

AUBURN, Ind. (AP) — The new owner of a long-running classic car auction in northern Indiana is planning to continue its traditional springtime sale.


Can a lender legally evict me from my home in foreclosure before its auction sale date?

My condo is in foreclosure and an auction sale date is set for January 11th. Today, in shock, some inspector guys came here and were talking about changing the locks. They took pictures…they said they were looking to see if I was still here, that the water was on, and that the heat was on. [...]


Have you bought a home in foreclosure at an auction? What’s the process/experience like?

I’m debating getting approved for a loan and buying a foreclosed home but I’m uninformed on the process. I’m also wondering if we get to have an appraisal done before we buy or finalize and if we get to see the interior of the home first? Thanks much.


Info on what a rental owner can do when they find out the home is under foreclosure & up for auction?

The landlord never told her it was under foreclosure. She found out from calling the numbers on the letters that kept coming to the house. My neighbor has put a lot of work into the home. And wants to know who to contact to maybe try and keep renting with the new owner. Is there [...]


Lenny Dykstra’s lavish Thousand Oaks home is sold at foreclosure auction

Index Investors is the winning bidder for the country club estate, which the former pro baseball player bought in 2007 for $18.5 million. Two All-Star Games and two World Series were decided in the time it took former pro baseball player Lenny Dykstra to lose his trophy home in Thousand Oaks to foreclosure.


A Pink Diamond Shines for a $46 Million World Auction Record in Geneva

A ring that graced the block at Sotheby’s Geneva earlier this week has shattered the record for any jewel sold at auction, twinkling past its presale estimate of $27-38 million to fetch a flashy $46 million. The gem was snatched up by London jewelry dealer Laurence Graff, who offered his closing bid over the phone [...]


Is it difficult to buy a home @ auction that is in foreclosure?

Is it harder to get financing? Are there specific type of financial institutions that specialize in financing the purchase of foreclosure homes?