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What are Foreclosed Homes for Sale?



On being well informed about foreclosed homes, purchasing them can be by far the best way to enter the real estate market. A house is said to get into a foreclosure if it is sold for at least 40 – 50% less than its original market value. Such a scenario occurs when the house owner fails to pay back his loan to the lender or if he fails to pay his taxes to the government. The lender / tax authorities then, in order to recover the loan amount, sell the house at a rate lower than the market value.

How To Find Foreclosed Homes For Sale


In Canada finding foreclosed homes for sale is not much of a daunting task. The first step in finding such homes is to look for free listings of foreclosure homes. Due to the increasing popularity of foreclosure homes, there exist tons of websites that offer a free or trial membership which you can take advantage of. While looking for membership on these websites, consider those that offer a detailed description of the house that you intend to purchase, details of its neighbourhood, other information that you may want to know as a house owner and most importantly pictures of the house taken from different angles. A minimal fee for gaining membership with the above mentioned type of website for purchase of foreclosure homes aint a bad choice as well. Checking for listings online is by far much easier and flexible than having to personally look for homes in your area.

If finding websites that offer free listings becomes tough, you can easily find websites that offers say 7 or 10 day trials which will grant you total access to the listings of foreclosed properties for the specified number of days. You can even sort the available listings as per the location you are looking for. Such an option not only allows you to choose a particular listings website without making any commitment but also gives you plenty of information about foreclosed homes to get started with. Once you are done with the free trial membership you can decide if you want to get into a full time membership with that listings website or move on to find better listings websites as per your convenience.

As they say to err is human, mistakes in plenty can be committed in purchasing foreclosed homes too. Some of the common mistakes committed by people who purchase foreclosed homes for sale are, Finding a real estate agent – This because on an average around 90 % of the real estate agents would not have sold a foreclosed property.

Paying too much – On an average the price of a foreclosed home is within 20% of the market rate either low or high. Personal inspection – Avoiding this may result in you regretting for finding damages that you would have not been informed of earlier. Common mistakes can be avoided by doing your personalised research. If you can avoid making costly mistakes, purchasing foreclosed homes can be really profitable and worthy.

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