Realtor.com finds short-sale activity accelerating, though the transactions represented just 0.6% of typical home sales in 2025 Short sales are increasing for the third consecutive year and now recover more of a property’s estimated value than foreclosures, according to a new Realtor.com report. Short-sale transactions increased 4% from 2023 to 2024, nearly 10% from 2024 to 2025 Continue Reading
California Foreclosures, Pre-Foreclosures & Short Sales Update – July 2026
As California's housing market continues to adjust to higher mortgage interest rates and rising homeownership costs, foreclosure activity has shown a gradual increase during 2026. While the overall number of foreclosures remains well below the levels seen during the Great Recession, homeowners across Southern California are beginning to experience greater financial pressure. For anyone facing Continue Reading
California Foreclosures, Pre-Foreclosures & Short Sales Update – June 2026
As we move through the summer of 2026, many homeowners across California are closely watching changes in the foreclosure and housing markets. While foreclosure activity remains well below the levels experienced during the 2008 housing crisis, recent data shows a gradual increase in foreclosure filings, creating new opportunities and challenges for homeowners throughout Southern California and San Continue Reading
MORTGAGE DELINQUENCIES AND FORECLOSURES ARE RISING, A WORRISOME SIGN
Foreclosure inventory just hit a six-year high, and experts say the borrowers who stretched to buy homes in 2022 and beyond are falling behind the fastest. From her office in Painesville, Ohio, just north of Cleveland, Patricia Kidd has a front-row seat for the ups and downs of the housing market. The area was often considered the ground zero of the 2010s foreclosure crisis, but since then, Continue Reading
FORECLOSURE AND EMPLOYMENT TRENDS SIGNAL HOUSING RISK
County-level data reveals where market conditions may be most vulnerable to future price declines Housing market risk remained concentrated in parts of Florida and California during the first quarter of 2026, according to ATTOM's latest Housing Risk Report, which found that unemployment and foreclosure activity were the strongest indicators of vulnerability among U.S. housing markets. The Continue Reading
Foreclosure Activity Rises Annually for the Eleventh Straight Month, Extending the Trend into 2026
Foreclosure Starts Rise 26 Percent Year Over Year; Completed Foreclosures Increase 59 Percent from a Year Ago ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered analytics, and real estate intelligence solutions, today released its January 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 40,534 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings— default Continue Reading
UNITED STATES HOUSING MARKET RISK INTENSIFIES
ATTOM finds affordability strains, rising foreclosures, and elevated unemployment pushing several U.S. housing markets, led by inland California counties, into heightened downturn risk in Q3 A new analysis from ATTOM, the Q3 2025 U.S. Housing Risk Report, identifies the county-level housing markets most vulnerable to downturns in the third quarter of 2025, highlighting persistent affordability Continue Reading
MORE SAN DIEGO HOMEOWNERS FACE NEGATIVE EQUITY AS HOUSE PRICES FALL
An increasing number of homeowners in San Diego and nationwide are facing “negative equity” because of falling home prices coupled with low down payments, according to the latest Cotality Home Equity Report. Irvine-based Cotality, the real estate data company formerly known as CoreLogic, said 0.6% of San Diego homeowners had negative equity in the third quarter, an increase of 0.14 Continue Reading
Nearly 900,000 homeowners are underwater on their mortgage as home prices fall, signaling a worrying turn in the housing market.
That figure represents 1.6% of all mortgage holders in the U.S. While the share may seem like a small part of the overall market, it’s also the highest rate in three years, according to a new report by Intercontinental Exchange As existing-home sales remain on track to hit a 30-year low, home prices are losing steam due to years of tepid demand from home buyers. A homeowner is underwater on Continue Reading
FORECLOSURES, REPOSSESSIONS RISING AFTER PANDEMIC-ERA LOWS
Bank repossession of homes has increased 33% from a year ago while foreclosure filings are up 17%, a new ATTOM report finds. After dipping to historic lows during the pandemic thanks to economic relief programs and a massive injection of stimulus funds, foreclosure starts and lender repossessions appear to be back on the rise in a meaningful way, according to a new report from ATTOM. Some of Continue Reading
