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The Federal Housing Administration which is part of Department of Housing and Urban Development provides federal insurance to home loans. If a home that has been foreclosed upon was bought on a loan which the FHA had insured, then the lender on the loan can file for the remainder of the loan to be paid by FHA. Once FHA pays the lender, the property’s title is transferred to HUD; which in turn puts it up for sale.
Residential government foreclosures are on sale throughout the nation. However, the procedures to buy government foreclosures vary from the procedures while buying a home from a bank or an individual. It is always a good idea to know what one might be dealing with.
To find listings of HUD houses in your neighborhood, you could go through the number of sites on the internet which provide area specific listings. Local real estate agents who have been approved by the government to sell HUD homes also carry lists, and would need to be contacted because a HUD home can only be bought through them.
Once a home has been short listed, the agent could then arrange for you to inspect the home. This is very important because HUD homes are sold on an as-is basis. The new home owner is responsible for any money that needs to be spent on having the property repaired or renovated. The inspection process is important, because what could seem as a very good deal, because the repairs involved, could turn out be otherwise.
A bidding procedure is used to sell HUD foreclosures. During the offer period bids are received from the respective agents, and the offers are opened together when the offer period ends, with the highest bid often being accepted. If the house fails to sell during the offer period the bids received after that period are opened as come in.
HUD homes are generally available to people who wish to live in the house. If no such bids are received on the home, it is then made available for investors to bid on.
