CORRECTION: Zillow added details for nearly 1 million pre-foreclosure properties and more than 260,000 homes that have gone through foreclosure and reverted to the lender, but are not listed for sale.

If you’re falling behind on mortgage payments — or thinking about buying a distressed property — you may be wondering: What does pre-foreclosure mean? Simply put, pre-foreclosure is the early warning ...

, including those that aren't yet on the market. The new pre-sale listings include bank-owned homes not yet being marketed, but it also includes homes that are in the middle of the foreclosure process ...

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The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according ...

anely Sandoval’s calling to be a pre-foreclosure peacemaker started when she was in high school. “My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who ...