Zombie Foreclosures Come Back to Bite Homeowners

“Borrowers are discovering that their foreclosed homes are coming back to haunt them — long after they have moved out.

In these so-called zombie foreclosures, borrowers move out of their homes after their bank schedules a foreclosure auction only to find out months or years later that the auction never took place or the bank never transferred the deed to the house. That means the borrower still technically owns the home, leaving them on the hook for property taxes, fees and for homeowners’ association dues.

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