Disclaimer

• Unless otherwise specified, foreclosure auctions in Maryland take place at on the courthouse steps at the Circuit Courthouse for the county in which the property is located.  Click here for county information.  Foreclosure auctions in Washington, DC take place at our Washington, DC office.
• Foreclosure auctions may cancel up to the minute of the sale.  We make every effort to update our website as soon as our office receives notification of a cancellation.
• In order to bid, you must bring with you the required deposit in the required form.  A personal check, letter of credit, etc. will generally not suffice.  The deposit check may be made payable to yourself.  If you are the successful bidder, you will then endorse the check over to the trustee.  When you arrive at the auction, make your presence known to the auctioneer or trustee, who will then certify your deposit.  If you are the successful bidder, tender your non-refundable deposit, and fail to settle, the property may be resold at your risk and expense.
• Generally, there is no access to the property prior to the foreclosure auction.  The property will be sold in an "AS-IS" "WHERE-IS" condition.  For the most part, we do not have any additional information relating to the property (number of bedrooms, bathrooms, etc.) other than what is contained within the legal advertisement.
• If you are the successful bidder, you will immediately sign a memorandum of sale and tender your non-refundable deposit to the trustee or auctioneer.  The memorandum of sale contains the terms and conditions present in the legal advertisement.
• In Maryland, after the auction takes place, the sale must be ratified by the Circuit Court for the county in which the property is located.  The timeline for ratification varies by jurisdiction, but 60-90 days is a good approximation.  After ratification, you will have a certain number of days to get your financing together and settle.
• As a matter of course, we do not offer a broker commission split on foreclosure sales.  If you represent a buyer, you must negotiate your commission directly with your client.  There is no Buyer's Premium in foreclosure sales.
• Please see the legal advertisement for the full terms and conditions of sale.  The legal advertisement for each sale is published once a week for three successive weeks before the sale in a newspaper of general circulation for the county in which the property is located.  A list of newspapers can be found here.

PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE URGED TO PERFORM THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE FORECLOSURE AUCTION.  For additional information, please contact the Substitute Trustees.  In the event there is a discrepancy, the published legal advertisement for any given foreclosure sale controls over any information contained herein.