Indiana foreclosures and housing market
How foreclosure works in Indiana, which counties lean to buyers or sellers, and how many homes are for sale right now.
How's the market in Indiana?
A seller's market.
Listings spent about 54 days on the market, and 27% had a price cut in October 2026.
Market figures: Realtor.com® Economic Research, October 2026. Free weekly email. Unsubscribe anytime.
Distressed properties in Indiana
Pre-foreclosures, auctions, bank-owned and HUD homes from county notices, with the street area instead of the house number.
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The Indiana market in October 2026
Our score compares how many listings went under contract with how many were for sale, ranked against every US county. Low scores lean to buyers, high scores to sellers.
Indiana market score
- Homes for sale
- 20,169
- US: 1,179,101
- Typical days on market
- 54
- US: 66
- Listings with a price cut
- 27%
- US: 21%
- Homes for sale vs pre-pandemic
- −8%
- US: −7%
- October 2026 vs the October average for 2017 to 2019.
Market score by county
Check any countyGray counties had too few listings to score. Tap a county for its full answer.
Most buyer-friendly counties
Lowest scores among counties with 50+ homes for sale.
- 28Dearborn County53 days on market · 29% with a price cut · 110 for sale
- 30Monroe County68 days on market · 23% with a price cut · 565 for sale
- 34Brown County72 days on market · 28% with a price cut · 99 for sale
- 36Owen County71 days on market · 23% with a price cut · 78 for sale
- 38Perry County80 days on market · 12% with a price cut · 76 for sale
Most seller-friendly counties
Highest scores among counties with 50+ homes for sale.
- 96DeKalb County46 days on market · 22% with a price cut · 79 for sale
- 95Huntington County40 days on market · 21% with a price cut · 85 for sale
- 94Gibson County47 days on market · 23% with a price cut · 69 for sale
- 94Spencer County57 days on market · 17% with a price cut · 53 for sale
- 93Allen County43 days on market · 25% with a price cut · 898 for sale
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, October 2026 county data. County days on market are medians. State and US figures weight each county by its homes for sale. Price-cut share is the share of listings with a price reduction.
How foreclosure works in Indiana
Indiana foreclosures go through court.
- Main steps and notices
- The lender mails a pre-foreclosure notice by certified mail at least 30 days before filing suit.
- The summons tells the borrower they can ask for a settlement conference within 30 days.
- The sale is posted at the courthouse and published once a week for three weeks, starting at least 30 days before.
- The sale typically can't happen until at least three months after the suit is filed.
- Catching up before the sale
- Reinstating before judgment ends the case. After judgment, it postpones the sale.
- After the sale
- There is no right to redeem after the sale.
- Before any of this starts
- Under federal rules, a mortgage servicer generally can't make the first notice or filing for foreclosure until the borrower is more than 120 days behind.
- Governing law
- Indiana Code § 32-29-7-0.2 et seq.; § 32-30-10-0.2 et seq.; § 32-30-10.5-1 et seq.
Sources
- Justia, Foreclosure laws and procedures: 50-state survey (last reviewed November 2022)
- Nolo, Foreclosure redemption period rights (state chart)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, How to avoid foreclosure
General information, not legal advice.
Laws change and each case differs. Anyone facing foreclosure should talk with a local attorney or a HUD-approved housing counselor.
Go deeper
- Check any county's marketPick a county in Indiana and see whether it leans to buyers or sellers.
- Read the buying guidesHow to buy pre-foreclosures, auction homes, bank-owned homes, HUD homes and short sales.
- Help if you're behind on your mortgageWhere you are in the process, your options, free counselors and scam warnings.
Indiana questions
Is foreclosure in Indiana judicial or non-judicial?
Indiana foreclosures go through court.
Can a homeowner get the home back after a foreclosure sale in Indiana?
There is no right to redeem after the sale.
Can a borrower in Indiana catch up on the loan before the sale?
Reinstating before judgment ends the case. After judgment, it postpones the sale.
Is Indiana a buyer's or seller's market right now?
A seller's market. Indiana scores 76 out of 100 on our market scale, where low scores lean to buyers. Listings spent about 54 days on the market, and 27% had a price cut in October 2026. Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research.
How far behind does a borrower have to be before foreclosure starts?
Under federal rules, a mortgage servicer generally can't make the first notice or filing for foreclosure until the borrower is more than 120 days behind. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.