Better To Buy Auctioned Homes?

[homealone]

I just thought of something and I figured that asking you all here would get me the answer I need.

The question is...Is it better to buy a home that is being auctioned off or not? I forget who exactly told me that but I am wondering if it is true.

I hope someone here will be able to answer this one, I tried to look online but never was able to find anything useful really. At least not enough information to really help me understand it.

I know that a friend of mine had a daughter that bought a home that was being auctioned and it is a great house. That was the first time I had ever been to a house auction and it wasn't bad, it wasn't the best time of my life but it wasn't bad either.