Rising foreclosure rates in 2026 have become a defining feature of a U.S. housing market still working through the painful distortions left by the pandemic-era.
Within the first six months of the year, 227,548 properties carried foreclosure filings, an increase of 21% from the first half of 2025 and up 28% from the first half of 2024, according to real estate analytics firm Attom, which published mid-year foreclosure data on Thursday.
At the peak of the foreclosure crisis triggered by the 2008 financial crisis, more than 1.65 million properties carried foreclosure filings during the first half of 2010.
“The combination of rising foreclosure starts, increased foreclosure completions, and shorter timelines points to a continued normalization ...