REOs: Properties taken over by
lenders after an auction are called REOs — «real estate owned» by the lender.
Not exact matches
Reo Specialists or Real Estate Owned Specialists are real estate experts working with properties owned by a
lender after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure
auction.
Lenders generally only take title of properties
after an unsuccessful selling attempt at a foreclosure
auction.
If you're the homeowner, be aware that Utah is a deficiency state, which means that the
lender can go
after your assets for the «deficiency»
after a foreclosure sale (i.e. the difference between what the home fetches at the foreclosure
auction and the amount you still owe on the mortgage).
Another idea: Try to buy the home from the
lender immediately
after the
auction in what's technically called the trustee sale,
after no one has bid on it and the home has just reverted to the bank.