Calculated Risk Real Estate

JUNE 4, 2025

The dollar value of 1-4 family residential Real Estate Owned (REOs, foreclosure houses) was up 5% YOY from $742 million in Q1 2024 to $784 million in Q1 2025. Here is a graph of Fannie Real Estate Owned (REO). Note: The FDIC reports the dollar value and not the total number of REOs.

Equity

The Close

DECEMBER 18, 2024

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Commercial

Redfin

MARCH 4, 2025

Whether youre looking at homes for sale in San Antonio, TX , or in Wilmington DE , there are options for you. There are several types of foreclosure sales – auctions, bank-owned properties, government-owned properties, preforeclosures, and short sales.

Pre-approval

AAOA

MAY 22, 2025

Prepare a personal financial statement and schedule of real estate owned (if applicable). Start with a Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining your terms, then proceed to a formal Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) once its accepted. Talk to lenders. Understand what size loan you can qualify for.

Due diligence

Rochester Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

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Mortgages

AAOA

MAY 5, 2025

Short Sales: Short sales happen when a property is sold for less than the outstanding mortgage balance, typically with the lenders permission. Bank-Owned (REOs): Real estate-owned (REO) properties are ones that didnt sell at foreclosure auctions and are now owned by the bank or lender.

Bankruptcy

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

FSBOs For sale by owner, or FSBO listings, are a popular choice for sellers who want a straightforward process that cuts down on cost (and who think it’s just SO easy to market and sell a home). You’ll need to be highly sensitive and empathetic to the many challenges facing distressed homeowners to excel in this real estate niche.

Commercial

Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

A total of 704,915 of the actions have been short sales and deed-in-lieu procedures, which result in borrowers leaving their homes without going through the foreclosure process. The number of completed short-sale and deeds-in-lieu transactions in Q4 2023 totaled 134, a decrease of 12% compared to the previous quarter.

VA loan

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher: Real Estate Owned (REO), acquired by lenders , banks, or financial institutions typically due to mortgage loan defaults, involves the strategic marketing and sale of existing properties to mitigate losses on outstanding loans. HW: What are the risk management challenges for REO assets?

Due diligence

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2023

Q4 also saw an increase in foreclosure starts during Q4, which rose 8% to 18,693, though third-party and foreclosure sales dropped commensurately by 8% to 3,297 in the same period. The GSEs’ real estate-owned (REO) inventory increased 7% from 10,251 in Q3 to 10,997 in Q4 due to REO acquisitions outpacing property dispositions.

Fixed-rate mortgage

Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

But what about the case of the transaction in which a bank-owned or real estate-owned property (REO) is being sold? Clearly, however, listing and selling an REO property features quite a bit more administrative and regulatory navigation than the traditional home sale. Dramatic change is what it means.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

In addition, Pyramid Platform offers users a variety of other workflows, including deed-in-lieu, short sale, acquisition, rental management, and more. Clients can utilize real-time and customizable reporting, as well as direct data warehouse access,” said Rebecca Smith, VP, Sales and Business Development.

Technology

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

billion is the amount of surplus funds generated by foreclosure sales on the Auction.com platform between 2016 and 2020. Surplus funds are proceeds from a foreclosure sale to a third-party buyer that are above and beyond the total debt owed to the foreclosing lender. 36,000 Surplus per Sale.

Equity

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And special attention should be paid to Native American housing markets, which would include an increase in “conventional lending on trust land and secondary market sales of trust land mortgages.” Additionally, the GSEs should develop “better loan products” to serve the single-family market.

Land lease

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If Holding properties as REO becomes even more risky in a slowing real estate environment. These are market-based decisions.”

Marketing

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Real-estate owned (REO) inventory also increased by 2% over the course of Q1 to 11,190 units. The number of foreclosure starts increased 6% during Q1 to 19,809, while third-party and foreclosure sales rose 12% to 3,700. REO acquisitions outpaced property dispositions,” the report said of the change.

VA loan

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Artificial Intelligence company Quantarium announced on Thursday its partnership with Valligent Technologies to launch a condition adjusted “Quantarium Valuation Model” for equity lending, broker price opinions and real estate owned valuations. It can also factor in the effects of local events like foreclosures and recent sales.

Technology

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

An abundance of housing supply will diminish home prices while a shortage of homes available for sale will escalate prices. Currently, more than 80% of the mortgage market is government-controlled, which means in the next down cycle there will be many more homes owned by the government.

Land

Real Trends

APRIL 20, 2022

Land sales saw their best year in nearly a decade in 2021, according to the 2021 Land Market Report from the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released on Tuesday. Year over year, land sales rose 6% in 2021, outperforming the pace of acquisitions of other commercial real estate types.

Land

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

In origination, improved gain-on-sale margins for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) that were driven by tighter HECM yield spreads “were mostly offset by a decline in overall origination volumes,” he added. “The This also added to Penn’s commentary about where the company expects future ADE growth to come from.

Mortgages

HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2020

You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?

Short sale

HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But then, it went into foreclosure and didn’t sell at auction, so now it’s listed as an REO, or real estate-owned property. Even experienced homebuyers who’ve already bought and sold a few homes will find the process much different, and they will also need an agent who specializes in REO sales. What’s an REO home?

Banks

HomeLight

MAY 17, 2022

Generally, lenders will take much less than top dollar for a foreclosure, which is good news for anyone looking to score a deal on real estate. Before you get started down the road toward buying a foreclosure, it’s good to know the different types of sales that you might encounter. Real-estate owned (REO) homes.

Inspection

RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) extended the period during which owner occupants, public entities and nonprofits will have exclusive ability to buy Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac real estate owned (REO) properties—from 20 to 30 days through the First Look Program—before they are available for investor purchase.

Real-estate owned

Calculated Risk Real Estate

DECEMBER 13, 2024

REO (Real Estate Owned) is the amount of real estate owned by lenders. The dollar value of 1-4 family residential Real Estate Owned (REOs, foreclosure houses) was mostly unchanged YOY from $747 million in Q3 2023 to $765 million in Q3 2024. This is historically extremely low.

Equity

Realty Biz

JANUARY 1, 2021

If a homeowner chooses to sell the property to avoid actual foreclosure they are usually ready to negotiate on the sale price of the home. Short Sales . A short sale occurs when a homeowner puts the house up for sale at a smaller price than is owed on the mortgage. Jordan Matin, Portland Homes for Sale.

Short sale

HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

REO owned: If the home doesn’t sell at auction, it becomes real-estate owned, meaning the bank or lender owns it. These opportunities might include: Pre-foreclosure sale. Pre-foreclosure sales. This is usually done through a preforeclosure sale. Foreclosure auction. REO listing. REO listings.

Banks

HomeLight

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you’re in the market for real estate, either as an investment or a residence, REO (which stands for “real estate owned” also known as “bank owned”), homes can offer you a deal, but without the hassle of dealing with a foreclosure auction. And the proceeds for any sales go to the U.S. Use the MLS.

Agents

HomeLight

JUNE 30, 2024

A Top Agent Can Help You Find A House You Can Afford We analyze millions of home sales to find buyer’s agents who will show you the right home at the right price. These sites typically offer detailed information about each property, including price, location, photos, and contact details for the seller or the agency handling the sale.

Short sale

The Close

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Whether youre a new or experienced real estate investor, you may have asked, What is a real estate short sale? The simple answer is that a short sale is when a homeowner owes more for their home than its current market value and puts it up for sale. What Happens in a Real Estate Short Sale?

Short sale

Calculated Risk Real Estate

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Yesterday, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December I reviewed home inventory and sales. Low Levels of Delinquencies, Foreclosures and Real Estate Owned Last week, I wrote Q3 Update: Delinquencies, Foreclosures and REO. House Prices The Case-Shiller National Index increased 3.9%

Marketing

Realtor.com

JANUARY 29, 2023

You’ll also receive a “Notice of Sale,” which states that the property will be sold at auction, and it lists the date, time, and location of the auction. Your lender is required to publish the Notice of Sale in a newspaper in the county where the home is located for three consecutive weeks before the auction date.

Banks

HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some potential homebuyers pass over foreclosures or buying a bank-owned home entirely because they are daunted by the special considerations that go into this kind of sale. The reality is, there are a variety of substantial pros and cons that any would-be buyer should weigh seriously before purchasing a bank-owned property.

Banks

Realty Biz

JULY 19, 2022

This article might be premature because across most of the country home sales continue happening rapidly. However, ATTOM (real estate data) released comprehensive foreclosure data for the first quarter of 2022 showing a total of 78,271 U.S. The REO sales process is much the same as any traditional sales process.

Purchase and sale agreement

Calculated Risk Real Estate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

REO (Real Estate Owned) is the amount of real estate owned by lenders. The dollar value of 1-4 family residential Real Estate Owned (REOs, foreclosure houses) decreased from $794 million in Q2 2023 to $766 million in Q2 2024. Here is a graph of Fannie Real Estate Owned (REO).

Equity

Real Trends

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

REO, foreclosure and short sales : Becoming an expert in short sales, foreclosures and real estate-owned (REO) listings can result in a steady flow of business. FSBO : For sale by owner, or FSBO listings, are becoming a popular choice for sellers who want a straightforward process that cuts down on cost.

Short sale

HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the market for a “ real estate owned” property ? REOs for short, these kinds of sales expose buyers to a lot of potential risk. But they also provide a lot of opportunity for big return on investment, too — much bigger, and faster, than you might expect with many traditional sales. What is an REO sale?

Banks