{"id":162443,"date":"2024-01-19T05:45:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.houzeo.com\/blog\/?p=162443"},"modified":"2025-06-19T02:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T06:56:42","slug":"real-estate-owned-foreclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.houzeo.com\/blog\/real-estate-owned-foreclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Owned Foreclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"highlight\">Real Estate Owned (REO) is the property that is owned by the lender after it&#8217;s not been sold at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houzeo.com\/blog\/foreclosures\/\">foreclosure<\/a> auction. The owner becomes a defaulter and the bank\/lender possesses the property. The lender tries to sell the property to recover the loan. Many times the properties are sold at discounted rates. The foreclosed homes may also require costly repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"margin-top-15\">There are lender&#8217;s REO specialist who manage the REO properties. 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