Procedura
Professional delegate
The notary, lawyer or accountant to whom the judge delegates the sale operations: advertising, opening the envelopes, the auction and the award.
Guides to court auctions
Everything you need to know to find your way around auctions, appraisal reports and proceedings. Explained clearly, without needless legal jargon.
Complete guide
How to buy at a court auction: the complete 2026 guide
Everything you need to know to take part in a court auction: from choosing the lot to the transfer decree. A step-by-step operational procedure with legal references and an error-proof checklist.
- Expert appraisal report: how to read it and what to look for before bidding
- Synchronous, asynchronous, mixed and in-person sales: differences and how to prepare
- Vacating an occupied property: how to obtain possession after the auction
- Transfer decree: timescales, costs and what happens after the award
- Mortgage for a court auction: how it works and which banks provide it
- Unsold auction: what happens to the price
- The court-appointed custodian: who they are and what you can ask them
- Viewing the property: what to check, in order
- Balance of the price: how long you have and what you risk
- How much it costs to buy a home at auction, item by item
- Making a bid: the minimum valid bid and the deposit
- Buying an occupied property: timescales and risks
- Mortgages and attachments: what is cancelled and what remains
- Planning compliance and unauthorised works: the risk you cannot see
- Missing EPC and certificate of habitability: what it means for the buyer
- Easements and restrictions: what the decree does not cancel
- In need of renovation: how to estimate the works before bidding
- Asbestos in the appraisal report: what you are really obliged to do
Articles on “Procedura”
Procedura
Transfer decree
The order by which the judge transfers the property after the balance has been paid: it cancels mortgages and attachments and serves as an enforceable title for obtaining vacant possession.
Procedura
Award
The moment the asset is assigned to whoever made the best bid. It does not yet transfer ownership: that comes with the decree.
Procedura
Deposit
The sum paid as a guarantee for the bid: at least one tenth of the price you offer. You get it back if you do not win; you lose it if you win and do not pay.
Comprare Asta
Making a bid: the minimum valid bid and the deposit
Three rules that decide whether your bid counts for anything: the minimum below which it is ineffective, how the deposit is calculated, and the fact that it cannot be withdrawn.
Comprare Asta
The court-appointed custodian: who they are and what you can ask them
The custodian is the most useful and least known figure in an auction. They do not sell the property or set the price, but they are the only one who has been inside and the only one who can let you in.
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