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Auction.com received recognition at the 11th Annual American Business Awards (also known as the Stevie Awards) for its advances in the way buyers, sellers, and agents transact residential real estate.

Foreclosure activity in April fell to a 74-month low across the country, but many judicial states are experiencing rising foreclosures. Furthermore, judicial foreclosure auctions reached a 30-month high, according to RealtyTrac's April U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. April's scheduled judicial foreclosure auctions, which reached their highest level in 30 months, demonstrated a 22 percent monthly increase and a 31 percent yearly increase. In contrast, non-judicial foreclosure auctions reached an 88-month low, having fallen 43 percent from last April.

Auction.com, an online real estate marketplace, sold off 12 multifamily properties for just under $43 million during a three-day online auction in April. The multifamily properties, which included a total of 1,716 units, ranged in size from two to 496 units.

Sellers who go through Auctions by ATG are also presented with the opportunity to fund a nonprofit of their choice. Auctions by ATG announced it is pledging 20 percent of the commission it receives from a property seller to the nonprofit of the seller's choice.

Foreclosure activity slowed in January with an especially notable drop in foreclosure starts, which hit a 79-month low, according to a recent foreclosure report from RealtyTrac. Foreclosure filings--default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions--were down monthly and yearly by 7 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Data from RealtyTrac also revealed a steep drop in foreclosure starts as starts fell 11 percent from the December and 28 percent from January 2012. Foreclosure starts are now at the lowest level since June 2006.

There were 58,000 foreclosures completed in the United States during the month of October, CoreLogic reported Monday with the release of its latest National Foreclosure Report. October's tally was down 17 percent from last year when 70,000 foreclosures were completed during the month. On a month-over-month basis, completed foreclosures fell 25 percent after September's count was revised upward from the previously reported 57,000 to 77,000. CoreLogic says the larger-than-usual revision was due to an annual online auction of delinquent tax properties in Wayne County, Michigan, that weren't included in the earlier assessment.

AmeriBid LLC, a real estate auction firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is expanding. The company has acquired National Commercial Auctioneers, LLC, along with its sister company National Residential Auctioneers, LLC—-both of which are also based in Tulsa.

A California real estate investor became the 26th person to plead guilty or agree to plead guilty as a result of antitrust investigations from the Justice Department into bid rigging and fraud at real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California. The ongoing investigations are focused on real estate foreclosure auctions in San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Alameda counties. Norman Montalvo of Concord, California was charged with four felonies in San Francisco federal court, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Norman Montalvo, of Concord, California was charged with four counts of felony in San Francisco federal court, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Property types at the November 10 auction include commercial, multifamily, single-family residences, and condos. All properties are available for online bidding now until the auction date.

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC and Walter Investment Management Corp. outbid Nationstar Mortgage Holdings and received preliminary approval for the purchase of Residential Capital's mortgage servicing and origination assets. Ocwen's $3 billion was the highest bid for the assets, which went to auction Tuesday. The final sale is contingent on approval in Bankruptcy Court November 19. After being outbid by Ocwen, Nationstar declined to submit a higher offer.