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The year 2009 has not started on a good note as far as foreclosures are concerned. In fact, there have been more than 800,000 foreclosures reported in the first quarter of 2009 vis-à-vis 274,399 foreclosure homes reported in the first quarter of 2008. According to several experts 2008 was a year when the US foreclosure market really exploded but what about 2009? It seems that this is a year that is going to break all records where foreclosure is related.

In a nut shell this means that there is much more number of homes available for a first time homebuyer or a foreclosure investor. Some of the states where you can find a high number of foreclosure homes include California, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, and Georgia. These are the states that have seen a consistent rise in the number of foreclosures each year since 2005. What does this mean for you?

This basically means that now you can buy your dream home within your budget. The reason being that foreclosure homes are always sold through a public auction. Foreclosure takes place when the owner is unable to make consecutive monthly loan payments leading to the lender sending them a notice of non-payment and this if not contested leads to foreclosure. When a home is in foreclosure, the lender who can be a bank, any financial institution, or a government institution is force to put the home for auction to get the maximum price possible. This is done to recover the debt or lost money. Hence, foreclosure homes always come with a discounted price tag.

You can find different types of homes in foreclosure from single family homes to multi-family homes, REO, distressed properties, homes on short sale, fixer upper, handyman specials, condominiums, HUD homes, commercially seized properties, VA homes and many more. Some homes like handyman specials are worth the buy for foreclosure investors. The main reason being that these homes need a lot of repair work and hence are available cheap. If you care an investor, you can buy such homes, spend a little in repair work and sell them off to earn a profit when the real estate market is doing well. Either ways, buying foreclosure homes is a profitable proposition for both first time home buyers as well as investors.