After a house has gone through foreclosure, and it is REO. What market does this house show on? Or, how can I find REO properties? I am trying to understand this whole problem is full circle, but I don't understand what happens to all these properties, after all the bank doesn't own them forever.... How do they get back into the hands of public middle class ownership? So, they are sold at a discount, but i imagine that the bank has a limit as too how much they will discount it, ie how much they will lose. So, why are all the foreclosure properties listed under "pay to browse" websites? Seems like a scam.....