A total of 101,513 properties had foreclosure filings during the third quarter, up by less than 1% from the previous quarter and up 17% from one year ago. According to data from ATTOM, one in every 1,402 housing units had a foreclosure filing in the third quarter.
A total of 72,317 U.S. properties started the foreclosure process in the third quarter, up 2% from the previous quarter and up 16% year-over-year. The states that had the greatest number of foreclosure starts in third quarter were Texas (9,736 foreclosure starts); Florida (8,909 foreclosure starts); California (7,862 foreclosure starts); Illinois (3,515 foreclosure starts); and New York (3,234 foreclosure starts).
Lenders repossessed 11,723 properties through foreclosure (REO) in the third quarter, up 4% from the previous quarter and up 33% percent from one year ago.
“In 2025, we’ve seen a consistent pattern of foreclosure activity trending higher, with both starts and completions posting year-over-year increases for consecutive quarters,” said Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM. “While these figures remain within a historically reasonable range, the persistence of this trend could be an early indicator of emerging borrower strain in some areas.”
ATTOM also reported a total of 35,602 properties with foreclosure filings in September, down 0.3% from the previous month and up 20% from one year ago. Last month, one in every 3,997 properties had a foreclosure filing.
Lenders completed the foreclosure process on 3,780 properties in September, down 7% from the previous month and up 44% from September 2024.
How many of these foreclosures were VA Home Loans? After the President signed H.R.1815 , The VA Home Loan Act into law on July 30th, the very bill designed to help veterans avoid foreclosure has been left sitting idle … while servicers and lenders continue to steamroll over our veterans, taking their homes in the process.