Data updated August 27, 2026 · #1 in California for Active Pre-Foreclosures
Los Angeles County, California Foreclosure Listings
Pre-foreclosure homes, foreclosure auctions, bank-owned homes and tax-delinquent properties in Los Angeles County, CA — 23.1% of California's active pre-foreclosures — counted from recorded notices of default and trustee-sale filings with cancellations and cures removed, updated daily. Every address behind these numbers carries its owner record, loan history, true equity and auction details inside Properant.
How Los Angeles County's Numbers Are Moving
Change over the past week (since August 20), from Properant's daily snapshots of recorded county documents. The series grows every day.
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What's Behind the Los Angeles County Numbers
A pre-foreclosure in Los Angeles County starts with a recorded Notice of Default: the owner has roughly three months to reinstate before the lender can record a Notice of Trustee Sale and set a public auction at least 21 days out. The 1,046 properties in the auction column are already at that final stage.
On each property, Properant links the foreclosure filing to the parcel's full picture: who owns it and where they actually live, every open loan and its recorded amount, liens against the property, the past-due amount on the defaulted loan, the auction date, city, and opening bid where published — and an AI distress score that weighs all of it, so a statewide list becomes a call sheet ordered by who needs out most.
Bank-Owned (REO) & Foreclosed Homes In Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County currently has 9,717 foreclosure-acquired properties on record — homes whose last recorded sale was a trustee's deed, identified the day the deed recorded rather than when a listing eventually appears. Most searches for foreclosed homes in Los Angeles County are really looking for these two stages: the 1,046 properties still headed to auction, where anyone can bid, and the bank-owned homes that already reverted to the lender, which reach the market later through agents. The recorded documents show both — including which lender took each property back, and what it was owed.
Working from recordings instead of listings is the edge: a reverted home can sit weeks or months before an asset manager lists it, and during that gap it has no photos, no price, and no competition. The California Bank-Owned Homes (REO) List covers the mechanics statewide; the Los Angeles County properties behind this page's count — each with its lender, foreclosure history, and equity — are searchable inside Properant.
Los Angeles County Lists
Foreclosure Listings By City In Los Angeles County
Los Angeles (1,013) · Lancaster (285) · Long Beach (178) · Palmdale (175) · Compton (91) · Inglewood (69) · Pomona (64) · Woodland Hills (62) · North Hollywood (60) · Whittier (58) · Pasadena (54) · Glendale (50) · Canyon Country (46) · Sylmar (45) · Van Nuys (44) · Torrance (43) · Granada Hills (43) · Norwalk (42) · Carson (41) · Downey (40) · Chatsworth (39) · Valencia (38) · Santa Clarita (35) · Gardena (35)
Number in parentheses = pre-foreclosure homes today. Each city page carries its own auction, bank-owned and tax-delinquent counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many foreclosures are there in Los Angeles County, California?
As of August 27, 2026, Properant tracks 4,324 pre-foreclosure homes in Los Angeles County (3,278 at the notice-of-default stage, 1,046 already scheduled for foreclosure auction), plus 9,717 bank-owned homes and 62,858 tax-delinquent properties. Los Angeles County ranks #1 of California's 58 counties for active pre-foreclosures. Counts come from documents recorded with the county recorder and update daily.
Where can I find foreclosed homes for sale in Los Angeles County?
Foreclosed homes reach the market two ways: at the trustee sale itself (1,046 auctions are currently scheduled in Los Angeles County — public, cash, often postponed at the podium) and afterwards as bank-owned homes (9,717 on record), which lenders list through agents. Properant shows both stages address by address, with the sale date, opening bid, owner and loan history — and the 3,278 pre-foreclosures that come before either, which is where investors reach owners directly.
Is there a free Los Angeles County foreclosure list?
The counts on this page are free and update daily. The address-level list — every pre-foreclosure, auction and bank-owned home in Los Angeles County with the owner of record, open loans, liens and an equity estimate — is inside Properant, which starts with a free trial. The underlying filings are public record at the county recorder; Properant links all of them to their properties statewide.
How do foreclosure auctions work in Los Angeles County?
California foreclosures are mostly non-judicial trustee sales: after the notice-of-default period the trustee records a notice of sale with the date, time and place, and the property is sold to the highest cash bidder — the lender's opening bid is typically the debt owed. Each scheduled sale in Properant carries the date, published opening bid, the trustee, and the owner and loan history behind it; postponements are common, so the live date matters.
Does the Los Angeles County clerk publish a foreclosure list?
Not as a list. In California, foreclosure documents — notices of default, notices of trustee sale, trustee's deeds — are recorded with the Los Angeles County recorder (in some counties the clerk-recorder), and are searchable there one document at a time by name or document number. No county publishes a running "foreclosure list". Properant reads every recorded filing in Los Angeles County daily and turns it into exactly that list, with the property, owner, loans and auction details attached.
What other distress signals does Properant track in Los Angeles County?
Beyond foreclosures, Los Angeles County currently shows 62,858 tax-delinquent properties, 11,287 open involuntary liens, 4,643 HOA liens, and 818 active lis pendens filings. Properant's AI reads every signal on a property together and scores the distress Hot, Warm, or Cold.
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Every Foreclosure, Auction And Bank-Owned Home In Los Angeles County, With The Owner Behind It
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