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A trial court issued an order confirming the sale of a funeral home in foreclosure. The previous owners appeal, arguing that there was no evidence to support the confirmation order. We disagree and therefore affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the trial court’s findings, the evidence showed that in February 2002, Robert S. Hauck and Christine M. Hauck paid $650,000 for Daniels Mortuary and Crematory, Inc., a funeral home and cemetery located on two nonadjacent parcels of land in Clayton, Georgia. Business Loan Center BLC loaned $430,000 of the purchase price to the Haucks, and also furnished them with two appraisals. After less than a year, the Haucks went into default. BLC initiated foreclosure proceedings, and purchased the funeral home parcel without the cemetery for $185,000 at a public sale. BLC then brought an action to confirm the sale. At the outset of the confirmation hearing, the parties stipulated that the single issue before the court was the fair market value of the funeral home parcel. BLC presented expert testimony from one of the appraisers who had previously furnished the Haucks with an appraisal, and Robert Hauck testified on his own behalf. The trial court upheld the sale, and the Haucks now appeal.

On appeal from an order confirming a foreclosure sale, we will not disturb the trial court’s finding if there is any evidence to support it. Fayette Promenade, LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co. , 258 Ga. App. 323, 324 574 SE2d 319 2002.

 
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