Bank Repossession

What is Repo sales? Repo sales is a slang used around the internet and sometimes even  among real estate agents for  houses or assets repossessed by the banks or  other financial institutions. Most of the time it is Houses repossession or repo done by the bank. These sort of houses that get  taken over by the bank due to default in pay ments  and other financial difficulties borne by the person who took the loan are called repo houses . These houses either go under the hammer at some auction or then  is given to real estate agents to get rid off in the market. Bank mortgages often go into default  due to various reasons and the bank at this part of time  repossesses the house  and puts it back into the market If you are examining repossession properties for sale in Australia do so with caution and do so carefully.  There are many bargains to be bagged, but ensure that you are buying through a reputable auction house and ...

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KordaMentha as the receiver of the failed Saville Property Group is divesting both the company's assets and those owned personally by principal and MD Sam Cheir. Property developer Saville Australia has become the latest casualty of the global credit squeeze, with managing director and owner Sam Cheir losing the company’s final asset, its CBD headquarters, and his own home and luxury boat to the banks. A luxury yacht of his has been repossessed Repossessed Luxury Boats The luxury 25-metre cruiser, a Sunseeker Predator 82 for which he is believed to have paid about $7 million several years ago, has been repossessed by a finance company and is also up for sale The various projects of the Saville Australia property development arm are being sold off, along with its headquarters Repossessed Home A debt to Bank of Queensland will be paid after the record-breaking sale for the residential property market in Perth of Cheir's home for $A8.5m Mr Cheir’s repossessed Georgian-styl...