Data updated August 27, 2026 · #35 in California for Active Pre-Foreclosures
Nevada County, California Foreclosure Listings
Pre-foreclosure homes, foreclosure auctions, bank-owned homes and tax-delinquent properties in Nevada County, CA — 0.5% 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 Nevada 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 Nevada County Numbers
A pre-foreclosure in Nevada 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 30 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 Nevada County
Nevada County currently has 191 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 Nevada County are really looking for these two stages: the 30 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 Nevada County properties behind this page's count — each with its lender, foreclosure history, and equity — are searchable inside Properant.
Nevada County Lists
Foreclosure Listings By City In Nevada County
Grass Valley (38) · Nevada City (28) · Penn Valley (16) · Truckee (3) · Smartsville (3) · North San Juan (1) · Floriston (1) · Rough And Ready (0) · Soda Springs (0)
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 Nevada County, California?
As of August 27, 2026, Properant tracks 92 pre-foreclosure homes in Nevada County (62 at the notice-of-default stage, 30 already scheduled for foreclosure auction), plus 191 bank-owned homes and 1,826 tax-delinquent properties. Nevada County ranks #35 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 Nevada County?
Foreclosed homes reach the market two ways: at the trustee sale itself (30 auctions are currently scheduled in Nevada County — public, cash, often postponed at the podium) and afterwards as bank-owned homes (191 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 62 pre-foreclosures that come before either, which is where investors reach owners directly.
Is there a free Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada County?
Beyond foreclosures, Nevada County currently shows 1,826 tax-delinquent properties, 193 open involuntary liens, 94 HOA liens, and 20 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 Nevada County, With The Owner Behind It
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