There is a strange contradiction developing in the mortgage market right now, and I think we need to be careful about how we talk about it. By most broad measures, the mortgage system is still in pretty good shape. There is no national foreclosure crisis, there is no...
A total of 40,355 residential properties had foreclosure filings— default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — during May, down 5% from April but up 14% from May 2025. According to data from ATTOM, lenders initiated the foreclosure process on 27,304...
A total of 40,534 residential properties had foreclosure filings during January, down 10% from the prior month but up 32% from one year earlier. According to new data from ATTOM, January marked the eleventh straight month where foreclosure activity was on the rise....
The national mortgage delinquency rate fell by 16 basis points (bps) in December to 3.68% following November’s calendar related high, according to data from ICE Mortgage Technology. This marked a 3 bps dip from December 2024 and a 26 bps decline from the December 2019...
Homebuyers not shopping for the best mortgages, foreclosure levels on the rise, and Zohran Mamdani’s very un-socialist new home. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 8-12. Miss: A Missed Opportunity. A new...