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Tacoma and South Puget Sound Real Estate Blog
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Posted by Devona Wells @ 11:20:35 am

I am often asked where one can find information on homes in the foreclosure process (or already bank owned) that are for sale or being auctioned. As far as I know, there is no clearinghouse of free info for such homes, other than county records.

ForeclosurePoint, though, now gets pretty close with addresses and square footage and other stats on homes with foreclosure filings. But if you want the parcel number or auction date, the Web site says you'll have to pony up. Whether or not you pay ForeclosurePoint, you'll have to take a moment to register. (RealtyTrac also provides some of this information, but it looks like you have to pay for addresses.) ForeclosurePoint also has teamed up with Zillow so some of what's listed has Zillow's estimated value attached. And you can match that up with what ForeclosurePoint has determined will be the estimated opening bid at auction.

Happy hunting. And, if you spend a good deal of time perusing ForeclosurePoint, let me know what you think.