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Top 10 U.S. Metros Leading the Yearly Growth in Mortgage Originations
ATTOM’s Q2 2025 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report shows that 1.76 million residential mortgages (for properties with one to four units) were issued in the second quarter—up 19.4 percent from Q1 2025 and 6.3 percent higher than Q2 2024. https://www.attomdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Q2_2025_Mortgage_Origination_Report.mp4... Read More »
U.S. Mortgage Originations Up 19 Percent in Q2 2025
Quarterly total follows three-year trend of spring increase; Share of equity lending drops again IRVINE, Calif. – August 28, 2025 — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, today released its Q2 2025 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 1.76 million mortgages secured by... Read More »
What’s the Earliest Reliable Signal That a Borrower is Headed for Foreclosure?
Table of contents What counts as the earliest reliable signal? Why that moment matters What teams can do in week one What the data usually shows Pitfalls to avoid Quick summary (quotable takeaways) What Counts as the Earliest Reliable Signal? Direct answer: The earliest public signal you can trust is the first recorded legal action: a Notice of... Read More »
Top 10 Metros with the Highest Zombie Foreclosure Rates in Q3 2025
According to ATTOM’s newly released Q3 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report,1.4 million U.S. residential properties (1,385,902), or about 1.3% of all homes, sit vacant. This vacancy rate has held steady for three-and-a-half years amid a persistently high-demand housing market.... Read More »
Zombie Foreclosures Tick Up as U.S. Vacancy Rates Hold Steady
The national home vacancy rate was 1.3 percent for the 14th consecutive quarter; Rate of “zombie” foreclosure properties up slightly to 3.38 percent IRVINE, CA – Aug. 21, 2025 — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, today released its third-quarter 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showing... Read More »