Real Estate Trends
Home Seller Profit Margins Drop Slightly Across U.S. as Housing Market Slows During Third Quarter
Returns on Typical U.S. Home Sales Remain High but Dip Down Quarterly and Annually; Typical Margin at 56 percent as Median U.S. Home Price Levels Out Over Summer; Median Raw Profits Hold Steady at Just Under $130,000 IRVINE, Calif. – Oct. 17, 2024 — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, today released its... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. States with Greatest Number of Foreclosure Starts in September 2024
According to ATTOM’s just released September and Q3 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were a total of 87,108 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in Q3 2024. This figure reflects a 2 percent decrease compared to the previous quarter and a 13 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.... Read More »
U.S. Foreclosure Activity Decreases in Q3 2024
Foreclosure Starts Down 10 Percent from Last Year; Bank Repossessions Down 12 Percent from Last Year IRVINE, Calif. — October 10, 2024 — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, today released its Q3 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 87,108 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings... Read More »
Propensity to Default Data: Analyzing Foreclosure Probability as a Real Estate Investor
Ever wished you could more easily predict foreclosures and find homeowners with a higher likelihood of listing or selling in the near future as a real estate investor? Currently, less than 1% of all homes go into foreclosure each year. As such, finding reliable data on the likelihood of certain residential properties falling into foreclosure is... Read More »
Top 10 States with Underwater Mortgages
Homeowners are seeing a significant reversal in a home equity trend that previously showed three sequential quarters of decline. After significant spikes in home prices during the 2024 spring buying season, homeowner equity is rising. This news bodes well for seriously underwater mortgages. Nationally, seriously underwater mortgages are... Read More »
Top 10 Counties with the Largest Quarterly Increase in Affordability Indexes in Q3 2024
According to ATTOM’s Q3 2024 U.S. Home Affordability Report median-priced single-family homes and condos are still less affordable compared to historical norms in 99 percent of counties with sufficient data. This trend, observed since 2022, reflects a persistent challenge in homeownership, with housing costs consuming historically significant... Read More »