How do you find out what mortgage company owns a house that was forclosed on / abandoned?

I've checked with city. They gave me names of previous owners but they would not respond to my inquiries.How do you find out what mortgage company owns a house that was forclosed on / abandoned?
Don't ask about owners. Ask about encumbrances. These are public records %26amp; whoever is responsible for recording them in your city/county will have them.





In some jurisdictions a trustee may be responsible for disposing of a foreclosed house %26amp; the mortgage company never takes actual possession of it.How do you find out what mortgage company owns a house that was forclosed on / abandoned?
mortgages are recorded in the court house land records many times today mortgages are sold and it is difficult to find who owns the paper now.
Go to your County Tax Assessor's office and find out who paid the property taxes. They would be the owner.
That's probably the only way you would know.
Go to the county court house and look up the property by owner. The mortgage note should be on file and you will be able to see who the mortgagor is for that property.
You can get a simple title search from a title company. It's like a title policy that you would get with a home sale, but not very expensive.
try checking with a local realtor. they may be able to provide this info to you, if the tax assessor's office can't...