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

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

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

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