Irvine, Calif. — April 8, 2026 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its 2026 Buyer Outlook Report, which shows that local community developers — the primary buyers at distressed property auctions — are the most bearish that they’ve been in the last five years when it comes to the U.S. housing market. [...]
A modest sentiment lift among distressed buyers at year-end suggests movement in the housing market in early 2026. The sentiment and bidding behavior of local community developers buying distressed properties at auction increased slightly in late 2025 as available inventory picked up and pricing drifted lower, indicating a possible rebound in the retail housing market in [...]
Irvine, Calif. — Jan. 29, 2026 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its Q4 2025 Auction Market Dispatch, which shows that foreclosure auction volume in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased 48 percent from a year ago to the highest level since Q2 2020 — although still 39 percent below [...]
Inventory, pending ratios, and price cuts reveal a market recalibrating fast—and creating new investor openings. The housing market downshifted decisively in 2025 as stubbornly high mortgage rates, tariff uncertainty, and a more laissez faire housing policy from Washington became part of the market milieu. This downshift manifested in more inventory for sale and slowing demand, [...]
Foreclosure auction volume up from a year ago in 26 states VA foreclosure auction volume spikes 104% as VA foreclosure moratorium expires Auction buyers pull back on price they are willing to pay as economic volatility ramps up Foreclosure auction demand down from a year ago nationally and in 50% of markets Bid-ask spread narrows [...]
Bidding activity at foreclosure auctions provides early clues to 2025’s real estate market winners and losers. Bidding trends at foreclosure auctions in late 2024 indicate which local markets are likely to see gains or losses in retail home prices in 2025. “Higher home prices with an inevitable price drop coming in the near future,” speculated [...]
64% expect purchases to increase in 2025, up from 60% in 2024 and 54% in 2023 33% expect home price decline in 2025, down from 40% in 2024 43% describe market as overvalued, down from 49% in 2024 26% of auction buyers describe themselves as owner-occupants, up from 13% in 2024 Irvine, Calif. — April [...]
New data shows fewer than one in four purchases at foreclosure and REO auctions involve financing, underscoring a substantial, untapped opportunity. Nearly eight in 10 homes purchased at distressed property auctions are not financed by the buyer, representing a largely untapped market for the private lending industry. An Auction.com analysis of 200,000 properties sold at [...]
Slowing returns on renovated foreclosures provide an early retail market barometer. Buyers purchasing distressed properties at auction pulled back on the price they were willing to pay relative to after-repair value (the estimated value of a property in fully renovated condition) starting in May 2024 and continuing through July 2024. This marked a distinct shift [...]
Investors will likely gain a bigger advantage in acquiring properties on the retail market but may see more competition from retail buyers on alternative purchase platforms and chilling demand for resales. A landmark court settlement roiling the real estate industry this year will likely give real estate investors an even bigger advantage when acquiring properties [...]
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