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
FORECLOSURES CLIMB IN EARLY 2026
Filings jumped again in Q1 2026, but still trailed pre‑crisis peaks US foreclosure activity inched higher again in early 2026, adding to nearly a year of steady increases and raising new questions for lenders about how resilient stretched borrowers will be if the economy slows. ATTOM reported 118,727 properties with a foreclosure filing in the first quarter of 2026, up 6% from Continue Reading
GRADUAL ANNUAL RISE IN FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY 2026
Foreclosure Starts Increase 14 Percent Year Over Year; Completed Foreclosures (REOs) Up 35 Percent from a Year Ago IRVINE, Calif., March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered analytics, and real estate intelligence solutions, today released its February 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a 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
California Enacts New Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Standards
On June 30, California Governor Newsom has signed AB 130, a budget trailer bill related to housing. This legislation includes new requirements for mortgage servicers of subordinate mortgages, defined in the bill, and took effect immediately. The text of the new statute, which comprises a very small portion of the full bill, may be found (here). The bill outlines unlawful practices for mortgage Continue Reading
Foreclosure filings hit a six-year high during the first half of 2025
Alaska led all states with a 55% year-over-year spike in foreclosures Home foreclosure filings for the first half of the year reached their highest level since 2019, with foreclosure starts up 41% compared to the first half of 2020. That’s according to data from real estate analytics company Attom, which reported 1 in every 4,361 properties in the U.S. had a foreclosure filing in Continue Reading
