Sold at an auction then Chapter 7

[Jason Davis]

Hello Everyone, A homeowner in pre-foreclosure reached out to me to sell his house and it's a situation i've never heard of before. Looking for some guidance if i should even pursue it:

Situation: 

• it went to preforclosure
• chapter 7 Bankruptcy filed which stopped proceedings
• The bank resumed foreclosure proceedings after 2 years
• The property went to auction and was purchased (with a receipt and all)
• chapter 13 Bankruptcy was filed by the seller
• The Auction Buyer asked for their money back
• chapter 13 Bankruptcy case was dismissed
• Auction Buyer filed another motion to cancel the refund request and be the buyer of the property
• Bank filed a motion agreeing with Auction buyer

From everything I see, the auction buyer basically owns the property unless:

1. the judge decides to refund them the money and puts it back for auction
2. I speak with the bank and see if something else can be done? (Is this even possible? it's december ... maybe they want to clear their end of year books ... i dunno)

I'll get a lawyer involved if need be but I wanted to get a baseline first, so any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!