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Whatcom County Foreclosure Sale: 33 Properties on the Block Tuesday, December 1

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The sale, in numbers

The published list carries 33 properties for the December 1 sale. Combined published minimum bids come to $463,436. The median parcel sits at $11,199; the list runs from $2,448 up to $71,107. Those figures are the county's published numbers, exactly as released — the starting point for bidding math, never a statement of what a property is worth. On our 100-point screen, 27 of the 33 properties score 70 or higher — the sort order to start from before sale day.

Assessed values are published for 33 of the 33 parcels, and every one of them carries a conservative ceiling estimate in the report: 65% of the published assessed value, labeled Estimate. The median ceiling is $110,287. Where the county publishes no assessed value, the report shows no ceiling — a gap is labeled, never filled.

• 33 properties live on the published list
• $463,436 combined published minimum bids — median $11,199, smallest $2,448, largest $71,107
• 27 of the 33 properties score 70 or higher on our 100-point screen
• 33 of the 33 parcels carry a conservative ceiling estimate (65% of the published assessed value, labeled Estimate) — median ceiling $110,287
• Sale date: Tuesday, December 1, 2026 — online via Bid4Assets
• Bid4Assets deposit deadline: Wednesday, November 25, 2026 — registration and deposit land ahead of the December 1–2 sale window

How this Washington sale works

Washington is a judicial foreclosure state: the county treasurer files in superior court, and the sale conveys a deed — there is no post-sale redemption period. The owner's last chance to redeem is the close of business on the day before the sale (RCW 84.64). For buyers that cuts both ways: what you win is yours without a year of redemption risk, and precisely because of that, the homework has to happen before you bid, not after. The minimum bid covers the taxes, interest, penalties and foreclosure costs owed.

Before Tuesday: how to work this list

Start from the full list on the Whatcom County page linked below and work it down to a bid list before sale day: screen for the areas and property types you actually buy, verify each finalist against county records, and confirm registration, deposit and payment rules on Bid4Assets well before the November 25 Bid4Assets deposit deadline. The sale is on December 1; the buyers who win it are the ones who did the sorting in advance, not the ones scrolling on sale day. The score sort is the fastest first pass — 27 properties clear 70 on our screen. Set each finalist's ceiling from the property and the published assessed value where the county provides one — never from the amount owed alone.

Questions

Is the published minimum bid the price of the property?
No. The minimum bid is the floor the county published — taxes, interest, penalties and costs rolled into one figure. Competitive bidding decides the final price, and the minimum says nothing about the property's market value.

Can the owner redeem after a Washington foreclosure sale?
Not after the sale. Under RCW 84.64 the owner may redeem until close of business on the day before the foreclosure sale; after the sale there is no redemption period (narrow exceptions exist for minors and legally incompetent persons).