Texas near top of the nation for foreclosure starts
Foreclosure filings are up amid rising unemployment rates, economic challenges and cases making their way through the system after the moratorium ended.
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Foreclosure filings are up amid rising unemployment rates, economic challenges and cases making their way through the system after the moratorium ended.
U.S. foreclosure filings jumped 22% in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report from real estate data analytics firm ATTOM.
The average tax on single-family homes in the United States increased 3% in 2022, data shows.
Based on ATTOM'S recently released Q1 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were a total of 95,712 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings during the first quarter of 2023, up 6 percent from the previous quarter and up 22 percent from a year ago.
Report ranks Massachusetts 34th in the country for filing foreclosure documents in the first quarter of 2023, with a total of 1,314 .