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Foreclosure Sale

  Does a Realtor lose out on money when the buyer purchases a foreclosure home?
 
  It all depends.  There are several ways to "purchase a foreclosure home". If it's sold quickly by the owner before the actual foreclosure, the owner would probably have hired a broker who would be paid. If it's bought at a public auction at a foreclosure sale, there's no broker involved, and no commission paid.    If it's sold after the foreclosure, by the lender who took title, a broker has probably been retained to handle the sale and would be paid by the lending institution.
If the purchaser has the assistance of a buyers' agent,, that might be a different mattter and again, it all depends.
    Edith
Originally published on January 23, 2008
 
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