Foreclosure Auction Volume Hits Six-Year High, Auction.com Finds

Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., released its Q1 Auction Market Dispatch, finding that completed foreclosure auctions reached 66% of their Q1 2020 level, and were up 10% from Q4 and up 33% year-over-year. That’s also a six-year high.

ATTOM: Vacancy, Zombie Foreclosure Rates Remain Low

ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its Q1 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, finding that 1.33% of residential properties are vacant. That’s essentially flat from both Q1 and Q4 2025.

ATTOM: Foreclosure Activity Increased in 2025

ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., found that foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 367,460 U.S. properties in 2025, up 14% from 2024 and up 3% from 2023.

Foreclosure Starts Jump 17% Year-Over-Year, ATTOM Finds

Just over 101,000 U.S. properties had a foreclosure filing during third-quarter 2025, up less than 1% from the previous quarter but up 17% from a year ago, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.

Auction.com: Foreclosure Auction Volume Up in Q2

Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., released its Q2 2025 Auction Market Dispatch, finding that the supply of distressed properties available at auction continued to climb.

ICE: Foreclosure Starts Jump in January

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., released its “first look” at January mortgage performance, finding that foreclosure starts jumped by 30% and foreclosure sales rose by 25%.