Real Estate Trends
U.S. Foreclosure Activity Sees An Uptick In February 2021, But Still Down Significantly From Last Year
Overall Foreclosure Activity Increases 16 Percent From Last Month; Foreclosure Starts Increase 15 Percent From Last Month IRVINE, Calif. — March 11, 2021 — ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings portal, today released its... Read More »
Top 10 REFI Mortgage Lenders in Q4 2020
ATTOM Data Solutions’ new Q4 2020 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report shows that 3.51 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were originated in the U.S. in Q4 2020. According to the report, that figure was up 5.5 percent from Q3 2020 and 48 percent from Q4 2019, to the highest level in almost 14 years.... Read More »
Refinance Loans Propel Yet Another Increase in Home Mortgage Lending Activity During Fourth Quarter of 2020
Total Lending Increases Another 5 Percent as Housing Market Remains Unscathed by Coronavirus Pandemic Fallout; Refinance Activity Rises 12 Percent Over Previous Quarter, Accounting For Almost Two-Thirds of All Loans; Home-Purchase Lending Dips While Home-Equity-Credit-Line Volume Grows IRVINE, Calif. – Mar. 4, 2021 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator... Read More »
Top 10 Zip Codes with Greatest Increases in Vacant Properties in Q1 2021
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ new Q1 2021 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, there are just over 1.4 million U.S. residential properties sitting vacant in Q1 2021, representing only 1.5 percent of all homes. The report noted the number of pre-foreclosure homes sitting empty or “zombie foreclosures” is just 6,677. That figure is... Read More »
Vacant Zombie Properties Remain Miniscule Factor in U.S. Housing Market Amid Ongoing Foreclosure Moratorium
Number of Zombie Foreclosures Drops Another 12 percent in First Quarter of 2021; Percentage of Foreclosure Properties Sitting Empty Stays the Same; Zombie Foreclosures Now Represent Just One of Every 14,800 Residential Properties in U.S. IRVINE, Calif. – Feb. 25, 2021 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database,... Read More »
Top 10 Opportunity Zones with the Greatest Annual Gains
ATTOM Data Solutions’ recently released Q4 2020 Opportunity Zones Report found that among the qualified Opportunity Zones designated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts of 2017, median home prices increased from Q4 2019 to Q4 2020 in 77 percent of those designated zones with sufficient data. The report also found that median prices rose by more than 10... Read More »