Where Can I Obtain Free Pre-Foreclosure Listings?
July 14th, 2010
If you are planning on buying a home right now, then you probably want to purchase as cheaply as you possibly can. The economy is obviously not doing well, and you, like everybody else, may be in poor financial shape. The way to do this is simple. All that you have to do is purchase a home that is going to be short sold or is in pre-foreclosure. These are homes that people are absolutely desperate to sell and will likely do so for a very small sum of money.
Unfortunately, getting listings of homes that are in this state is very difficult. Companies that work to collect this information do so at great cost and, therefore, will charge a huge amount of money to people for access. This can be one of the many obstacles that people find when they choose to purchase a home in this state. However, there are ways around this.
The best way to get free foreclosure listings is to go to a site that hosts these listings for a fee. Typically, these sites will offer free trials or have an initial week or month for a very low cost. This means that if you are able to do your search in a short enough period of time, you can take advantage of this free offer and find out exactly what you need to know. This has a large number of advantages over using a purely free site. The biggest of these is simply the quality.
As stated before, collecting information about homes that are in pre-foreclosure is extremely expensive and a free site cannot have nearly the same depth or breadth as does a paid site. Also, typically the site offer far more features, as well as other necessary information. This is definitely something that anybody who is involved in a home search should consider.
By the way, by researching and comparing the different free foreclosure listing services in the market, you will be able to determine the one that meets your specific requirements, plus the free or cheaper options. This way you will save time through up to date foreclosure listings and money by getting better results over your investment.
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Fred Weaver is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He has been working in the financing/real estate business for over 7 years. Fred began his real estate career by working for a large wholesale bank as a processor and rate/lock specialist for home mortgages. After 2 years in the business, Fred transferred from the banking side of home loans to the mortgage side. While on the mortgage side of financing, Fred gained experience originating mortgages and processing files for Morgan Capital of Arizona, Inc.
Kevin is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He began working in the real estate business in 2007 after spending 8 years working in the finance industry for companies such as Bank One, Green Tree Financial, & GE Capital.