Buying a foreclosed home can be a good way to score a deal while hunting for real estate. A foreclosure is a house whose owners were unable to pay the mortgage or sell the property. As a result, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I break down real estate concepts for first-time homebuyers. At first glance, a foreclosure and a short sale can seem similar.

The number of homes receiving a foreclosure notice fell in November. Dec. 10, 2009 — -- A surging home foreclosure rate across the U.S. means only one thing to Jeremy Burgess: financial ...

They were one of the worst blights of the housing crisis: zombie foreclosures – abandoned homes in some state of foreclosure but not yet repossessed by banks and put up for sale. In some neighborhoods ...