Based on ATTOM’s newly released August 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were a total of 33,952 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 7 percent from a month ago but down 2 percent from a year ago.

Nevada, Illinois, and South Carolina post highest foreclosure rates

Nationwide one in every 4,113 housing units had a foreclosure filing in August 2023. States with the highest foreclosure rates were Nevada (one in every 2,224 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Illinois (one in every 2,433 housing units); South Carolina (one in every 2,506 housing units); New Jersey (one in every 2,585 housing units); and Delaware (one in every 2,618 housing units).

Among the 223 metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000, those with the highest foreclosure rates in August 2023 were Columbia, SC (one in every 1,471 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Fayetteville, NC (one in every 1,694 housing units); Peoria, IL (one in every 1,746 housing units); Las Vegas, NV (one in every 1,796 housing units); and Jacksonville, NC (one in every 1,848 housing units).

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