Council Tax house sales? How can you find out when a property is coming up for sale?

Question

I understand that if someone does not pay their council tax for a long time then their house is sold for the amount they owe. How can you buy these properties?

Answer 1

any property that is taken of someone because of debts is sold at auction

Answer 2

Most are sold at auction. Ask your council which auction house they use.

Answer 3

With respects, I really haven't heard this and it seems unlikely to me that local councils would allow council tax arrears to build up to the equivalent value of a house, they normally take people to court after a couple of missed payments, bailiffs can seize goods, and there is something called a 'charging order' where if someone tries to sell the house themselves the debt is reclaimed from the sale money, but I hadn't heard about the whole property being repossessed in the way that mortgage lenders can.

Answer 4

We don't take peoples houses, we might make them bankrupt but we don't take houses. The answer above mine was a good answer.

If the bailiffs are involved they might take their cars - they go to the local auctions.