Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Oct 14, 2026 · in 13 days· 10:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

881

881 land-only, 26 withdrawn hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Upset: many private liens survive. Judicial/Repository: free and clear of most liens after proper process; federal liens and ground rents separately taxed may remain. HOA/resort covenants need special diligence in Poconos communities.

Monroe County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None in most counties for upset/judicial sales; limited redemption (90 days) survives in specific home-rule counties (e.g., Philadelphia, in narrow cases)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties
Governing statute: Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.
Population: 166,523 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person Upset/Judicial; Online Repository (Bid4Assets)
Frequency: Upset annually September; Judicial following year; Repository monthly online windows on Bid4Assets
Platform: Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau / Bid4Assets Repository570-597-3774
Deposit rules: Upset/Judicial: pre-register with Tax Claim per published windows (Act 33). Repository: Bid4Assets deposit (e.g. $500 + $35 processing) by platform deadline, plus County registration within allotted time. Payment in certified funds per sale conditions. Office: One Quaker Plaza Rm 104, Stroudsburg.

Title risk

Standard recommendation after Upset; often still used after Judicial/Repository for insurance.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau570-597-3774
Clerk of court: Monroe County Recorder of Deeds
Property appraiser: Monroe County Assessment
GIS / parcel map: Monroe County GIS / parcel maps

Areas trending up

Stroudsburg / East Stroudsburg core — County-seat and university amenities with more year-round demand than pure resort tracts
Mount Pocono / Route 940 corridor — Tourism employment and STR density — underwrite occupancy and HOA rules carefully
Tobyhanna / Coolbaugh western fringe — Relative entry pricing and logistics/commuter access toward Scranton/Allentown corridors

Notes

Pennsylvania RETSL tax-deed via Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau (Stroudsburg / Poconos). Upset Sale each September for 2-year delinquencies (pre-registration required). Judicial Sale the following year for unsolds. Repository sales now online via Bid4Assets (bid4assets.com/MonroePARepository) — free and clear of most tax/municipal claims and mortgages when sold from repository; min bid historically $800 + fees. Online delinquent payments migrating platforms in 2026 (PayLocalGovPlus). High second-home / short-term rental inventory risk in resort townships.

4 sources

Inherited from Pennsylvania rather than researched for Monroe: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 881 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 881 land-only, 26 withdrawn. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Pennsylvania has no statewide assessment ratio. Counties assess against their own base years, some decades old, and the State Tax Equalization Board publishes a Common Level Ratio per county each year. Always use the county ratio. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.