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429 N Third Street, Watseka, IL 60970

HomeStepsReal Estate📍Watseka, IL

Current bid:

$1,900

Availability

For sale

Pre-bid checklist3/9

The property

From the seller's description. Not a guarantee of condition.

Market demand: Real Estate in Illinois sell about 28% of the time, typically ~2 bids. Based on 283 completed sales over the last year.

Title and tax regime in IllinoisClear title
This is a government REO sale, not a tax sale. The two convey title very differently.
  • •This listing: conveys with clear, insurable title. Past-due property taxes are settled at closing by the seller, there is no redemption period, and no former owner can reclaim it.
  • •County tax sales in Illinois: Illinois is a tax lien state. The county sells the unpaid tax debt, not the house. You buy a certificate that earns interest, and you only get the property if the owner never repays. The former owner then has 30 months to reclaim the property. Title here usually needs a quiet-title action before it is insurable or resellable. None of that applies to this listing.

We do not estimate what a specific property owes. Lien and back-tax amounts live in county records and only a title search returns the real number, so any figure produced without one is a guess you should not bid against. Compare all 51 state tax-sale regimes. State-level rules, not legal advice.

Seller

Freddie Mac (HomeSteps)

Condition: REO / sold as-is

Full Description

Freddie Mac HomeSteps REO home at 429 N Third Street, Watseka, IL, 60970. 1 bed. Sold as-is by Freddie Mac; submit an offer through a real-estate agent.

Pickup information

Watseka, IL 60970

Freddie Mac (HomeSteps)

Freddie Mac HomeSteps REO home. Offers are submitted through a licensed real-estate agent; see homesteps.com.
Title and tax regime in IllinoisClear title
This is a government REO sale, not a tax sale. The two convey title very differently.
  • •This listing: conveys with clear, insurable title. Past-due property taxes are settled at closing by the seller, there is no redemption period, and no former owner can reclaim it.
  • •County tax sales in Illinois: Illinois is a tax lien state. The county sells the unpaid tax debt, not the house. You buy a certificate that earns interest, and you only get the property if the owner never repays. The former owner then has 30 months to reclaim the property. Title here usually needs a quiet-title action before it is insurable or resellable. None of that applies to this listing.

We do not estimate what a specific property owes. Lien and back-tax amounts live in county records and only a title search returns the real number, so any figure produced without one is a guess you should not bid against. Compare all 51 state tax-sale regimes. State-level rules, not legal advice.

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