They will usually tell you what the opening bid will be and if any postponements are scheduled.5.

about 2/3 of the houses with opening bids at auction.com trustee's sales postpone.

I have been in attendance at sheriff sales where a plaintiff's attorney made an announcement to the effect of "if there is any bidding above my bid, the plaintiff requests postponement" whereupon the sheriff's deputy handling the sale said that once bidding starts, it will be sold to the highest bidder - so if you want the property you must outbid all other bidders.

I try to postpone some repairs in order to make best use of my handyman's schedule.

We can typically get a foreclosure date postponed, IF we have the property listed, under contract and can show we have initiated the short sale with the lender.

(was postponed) owner has a little more time on their hands.

Last week Colony American Homes (a subsidiary of Colony Capital) 'postponed' its IPO due to "market conditions".

He has his court date VERY soon where the judge may postpone or schedule a sale in the next couple of months.Currently he has the house on the market for $172K and the realtor says it's "under valued for quick sale."

This would be the way to find short-sale candidates, although you would need to work with the seller and the bank to see if the bank would approve a short sale and postpone the foreclosure.

The seller is in pre-forclosure, the sheriff's sale has already been postponed once, and home is scheduled to be auctioned off at the end of this month.