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Every foreclosure and trustee-sale auction for investors and buyers, in one place. Free to join and use — create your account in seconds, save any home, get a daily alert the moment its auction changes, and walk in ready to bid. Upgrade to Pro for advanced deal tools. Rolling out across the U.S., starting in California.
Free to use. Search auctions, save homes, and get daily alerts at no cost. Go Pro for deal score, equity spread, DSCR & rental tools, and unlimited alerts.
New to auctions? Read the guide → · What's an NOD, how to bid, 1031 exchanges, and more.
Save any home and get a morning digest the instant its auction date moves, its bid changes, or it's rescinded.
Estimated value, opening bid, and equity spread on every lot — so you know a deal from a trap.
Get auction-ready once: proof of funds, buy-box, and your buying entity saved and verified.
Follows how auctions really work — first notice to sale, postponements, rescissions, and owner-occupant rights.
Foreclosure auctions have a reputation problem — most of it is myth. Here's what the data actually shows, and exactly what to watch for. No hype, just the real picture.
Live figures from our own catalog across 5 counties and 263 cities — not estimates. Updated as this page is built.
"The owner won't move out — I'll inherit squatters."
Most trustee sales transfer to a new owner cleanly, and California law gives you defined remedies if a former owner stays. We flag occupancy status on every listing — many homes are already vacant — and we tell you upfront when a home is owner-occupied so there are no surprises.
"You just end up paying full retail anyway."
Opening bids are set to the debt owed, which is often below market. Across the recorded sales we've tracked so far, winning bids have averaged about 88% of the home's estimated value — and real buyers, not just the bank, won the majority of them. Every listing shows the opening bid, the estimated value, and the equity spread so you can tell a deal from a trap.
"There are hidden liens and costs that wipe out the deal."
At a trustee sale you buy subject to senior liens — that's real, and it's knowable. We surface the trustee, sale details, and lien position on every home, and our tools walk you through a title check and a full cost worksheet before you bid. Informed, not blindsided.
Sourced from official records, refreshed daily, with the trustee, sale date, opening bid and status on each lot.
Estimated value, equity spread, occupancy, and a cost worksheet — so you walk in knowing your max.
Operated by a California-licensed broker (DRE #02266192 / #02332719) — not an anonymous data scrape.
HomeAuction is newly launched and growing fast — outcome figures reflect the sales we've recorded to date and will keep updating. Auctions carry real risk; always verify a home's status, liens and occupancy with the trustee before bidding. Nothing here is legal, tax, or investment advice.
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