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Foreclosures are drying up — and it’s showing in sales data

Housing Wire

Auction.com noted that the 99,000 foreclosure sales, even if they came to fruition, would still represent less than half the 210,000 transactions that took place in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher financing costs for those traditional buyers limits the pool of potential buyers for renovated homes, the report explained.

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A new source of affordable housing inventory: Private seller auctions

Housing Wire

Like Richards, most Auction.com buyers are local community developers who have a deep knowledge of the markets and submarkets where they are buying. More inventory for boots-on-the-ground buyers Richards started investing in real estate in 2004 and discovered distressed property auctions in late 2019.

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Auction Demand Weakens in Q3 as Retail Market Softens 

Appraisal Buzz

According to the survey’s findings, more local community developers who buy at auction see the state of the market as a disadvantage rather than an advantage. This demand indicator was still 39% higher than the 2019 average, even with the recent decline. The survey was conducted between Sept. and from 57.3% in Q3 of 2023. in July.

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Why real estate professionals must return to old-school thinking in 2025

Housing Wire

Based on a historical commission lawsuit enacted in 2019, the real estate commission landscape is undergoing significant change, reshaping how agents engage with their clients. To do so, develop strategies and programs that cater to buyers and sellers at every stage. For buyers, focus on delivering second-to-none service and support.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

Once the transfer of ownership occurs at foreclosure auction, a distressed property can be renovated and returned to the retail market as affordable housing for homeowners or renters. “[I My renovated homes are] reducing the number of rental properties , which in our town has become a source of demise.” In 2019 the number was 200,000.

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As vacant foreclosures increase, so does buyer interest

Housing Wire

“We still have vacancy and blight issues but they are not crippling as they were a decade ago,” said Ian Beniston, executive director at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), a nonprofit community development corporation in Youngstown, Ohio. When we began a decade ago there was much more blight.

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These housing markets are most likely to correct based on foreclosure buyer behavior

Housing Wire

To help put the impact of the pandemic fever dream in perspective: the average purchase discount at foreclosure auction in Q3 2019 was 21%, nearly twice the discount in Q1 2022. But the fever broke in the second quarter of 2022, at least for the local community developers who are the primary buyers at foreclosure auction.