US Foreclosures, Tax Deeds & Sheriff Auctions API

Aggregate and monitor distressed real estate, tax liens, tax deed sales, sheriff auctions, and government bank REO inventories across 50 US states and hundreds of county clerk repositories.

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Active Sources (24 Key US Portals)

National Foreclosure & Bank REO Marketplaces

1. Auction.com (auction-com) — Largest US residential foreclosure and bank REO platform
2. Hubzu (hubzu) — Online foreclosure, short sale, and bank-owned auctions
3. Xome (xome) — Bank REO, foreclosure auctions, and distressed properties
4. Foreclosure.com (foreclosure-com) — Pre-foreclosure, sheriff sale, and bankruptcy filings
5. Fannie Mae HomePath (fannie-mae) — Fannie Mae bank-owned residential properties
6. Freddie Mac HomeSteps (freddie-mac) — Freddie Mac bank-owned residential properties
7. HUD Homestore (hud-homestore) — US Dept of Housing and Urban Development REO
8. USDA Properties (usda-properties) — USDA Rural Development acquired inventory
9. VA Acquired Properties (va-properties) — Veterans Affairs REO inventory (VRM)
10. FDIC Real Estate (fdic-real-estate) — Failed bank real estate asset liquidations

County Tax Deeds, Sheriff Sales & Government Auctions

11. Bid4Assets (bid4assets) — County tax sales across California, Washington, Pennsylvania
12. RealAuction (realauction) — County tax deeds and foreclosure portals in 100+ counties
13. GovDeals Real Estate (govdeals) — Government surplus real property and municipal auctions
14. CivicSource (civicsource) — Tax-adjudicated property auctions in Louisiana, Tennessee, etc.
15. US Marshals Forfeiture (us-marshals) — Federal seized real property auctions
16. IRS Confiscated PALS (irs-treasury-pals) — Internal Revenue Service seized property auctions
17. GSA Real Property Auctions (gsa-real-property) — Federal excess real property sales
18. SRI Inc Sheriff Sales (sri-auctions) — Multi-county sheriff sale and tax deed network
19. GovEase Online Auctions (govease) — Online county tax lien and deed auctions
20. Linebarger Tax Sales (linebarger-tax-sales) — Major Texas county delinquent tax foreclosures
21. Cook County Sheriff Sales (cook-county-sheriff) — Chicago / Cook County judicial foreclosure auctions
22. Harris County Tax Sales (harris-county-tax-sales) — Houston / Harris County tax foreclosures
23. Maricopa County Sheriff (maricopa-sheriff-sales) — Phoenix / Maricopa County execution sales
24. LA County Tax Collector (la-county-tax-collector) — Los Angeles County public auction tax sales

Plus 106+ documented sources in docs/sites/foreclosures.md.

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Derived Metrics & Financial Intelligence

• discountVsAssessedPct: Discount % calculated between Starting Bid and Tax Assessed Value.
• equityMarginEstimate: Immediate potential gross equity margin ($ Assessed - $ Bid).
• estimatedPricePerSqft: Starting bid per square foot.
• daysUntilAuction: Countdown timer to auction date.

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Example Output Record

{
  "id": "realauction_prop_9001",
  "entityId": "entity_prop_miami_mtzezg1n",
  "address": "125 North Main Street, Apt 1B",
  "normalizedAddress": "125 NORTH MAIN STREET APT 1B",
  "city": "Miami",
  "state": "FL",
  "postalCode": "33101",
  "county": "Miami-Dade County",
  "propertyType": "condo",
  "auctionType": "tax-deed",
  "auctionDate": "2026-10-05T14:00:00.000Z",
  "startingBid": 85000,
  "assessedValue": 220000,
  "parcelNumber": "APN-FL-8001-REAL",
  "caseNumber": "CASE-2026-CA-1001",
  "beds": 3,
  "baths": 2,
  "areaSqft": 1650,
  "authority": "Clerk of the Circuit Court",
  "enrichment": {
    "discountVsAssessedPct": 61.4,
    "equityMarginEstimate": 135000,
    "estimatedPricePerSqft": 52,
    "daysUntilAuction": 22
  },
  "source": "realauction",
  "sourceUrl": "https://realauction.com/property/realauction_prop_9001",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T14:00:00.000Z"
}