Beyond the Bid
The mystery of this year’s disappearing distress
A year ago, Auction.com’s 2023 outlook for the distressed housing market called for 112,000 to 175,000 completed foreclosure auctions for the year, with a possibility
A year ago, Auction.com’s 2023 outlook for the distressed housing market called for 112,000 to 175,000 completed foreclosure auctions for the year, with a possibility
A vestige of emergency loss- prevention policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have kept the U.S. foreclosure market funnel partially clogged. But many of the
An increasing number of local housing markets are shifting from being overvalued to having increased affordability and more purchase opportunities, according to real estate investors
Sellers of distressed property began to capitulate to the market on pricing in the fourth quarter of 2022, a positive sign moving forward for retail
Two converging trends could drive foreclosures in 2023. The first is a growing backlog of pandemic-era distressed properties that are no longer mitigated by foreclosure-protection
Historically, how a mortgage servicer sold a property after a foreclosure — what’s called distressed disposition — was largely ignored when it came to developing
As dark clouds gather on the horizon of the housing market, foreclosure-auction buyers remain bullish. Sixty-one percent of foreclosed properties on the Auction.com platform in
As more U.S. properties gradually reach the foreclosure stage in 2022, technology-enabled transparency will ensure that the bulk of these distressed assets are sold to
The unprecedented amount of equity in the U.S. housing market has become the go-to data point for many who predict that the spike in mortgage
Recent developments have made it easier to estimate when the backlog of distressed mortgages built up during the COVID-19 pandemic will be released into the