LOS ANGELES – Fewer U.S. homes are completing the foreclosure process and ending up repossessed by banks because investors increasingly are buying up properties when they go on sale at public auction.

After consideration, you've just bought a home that was in foreclosure! Congrats, but also, good luck. Foreclosure is the process banks and other lenders use to sell a home that's been repossessed.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lenders repossessed fewer U.S. homes in January, bringing the number of completed foreclosures down to the lowest level in more than six years. Even so, many states posted sharp ...

Keeping the flow of foreclosures moving is crucial for the sluggish housing market, which is still trying to regain its strength after five years of elevated foreclosures. Foreclosure activity in the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lenders took possession of fewer U.S. homes in 2012 than a year earlier, as the pace of new homes entering the path to foreclosure slowed and banks increasingly opted to allow ...

Doug Andrews never knows what a day will bring. As the co-owner of Neighborhood Resources, a business that clears out, cleans and secures foreclosed homes, Andrews said every day brings something new.

With home prices staying high and mortgage rates still above 6.8% as of mid-2025, many buyers are exploring alternative ways to enter the housing market. One option that continues to spark interest is ...

NEW YORK -- The bleakest year in foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the U.S. housing meltdown began in 2006. About 5 ...