HUD to Auction $550M in Vacant Home Loan Debts
Published Date: 8/15/2025
Notice
Summary
HUD is planning to sell about 1,945 reverse mortgage loans tied to empty homes, totaling around $550 million. This sale helps protect HUD’s insurance fund and clears out properties where the borrowers have passed away. The big auction is set for September 24, 2025, and only certain buyers can join the fun.
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HUD selling 1,945 reverse mortgages
HUD plans a competitive sale of approximately 1,945 Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM, or reverse mortgage loans) with a loan balance of about $550,000,000. The sale consists of due-and-payable, Secretary-held first-lien loans secured by single-family vacant properties and is scheduled for September 24, 2025.
Sale targets vacant properties of deceased borrowers
The loans offered secure vacant, single-family properties where all borrowers are deceased and no borrower is survived by a non-borrowing spouse. HUD says the sale promotes efficient disposition of these defaulted assets and helps reduce financial risk to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
Bidding rules limit who may buy
The notice describes the competitive bidding process for the sale and states that certain entities are ineligible to bid. That restricts which buyers can participate in the September 24, 2025 sale of these reverse mortgage loans.
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