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Updated over 14 years ago,

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  • Real Estate Investor
  • Alabama
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Condominium auction insight

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  • Real Estate Investor
  • Alabama
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Hello,

I live in the Boston area and been looking at condos for a primary residence. Recently a new complex of condos has been listed that the condos will be auctioned off. 25 of 31 condos will be auctioned off, the other 6 have already sold. The complex has been completed for about 1.5 years and the condo market in Boston has been pretty bad since mid 2008.

I haven't purchased RE through an auction before, so I was looking for some insight if anyone has any experience with them. The developer has listed the "minimum starting price" for each unit and has quoted them to be >50% off the "last asking price". Most of the last asking prices are ridiculous, close to 30% more than anything would even sell, they are just trying to market it as good deal.

My main question is what can I expect units to be sold for compared to the starting bids? Will they get bid up to 80-90% of their accessed values thus not making these deals?

Thanks.

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