According to ATTOM Data’s Year-End 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were 324,237 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings (representing 0.23% of all U.S. housing units) in 2022. This figure was up 11% from 2021 but down 34% from 2019 – before the pandemic shook up the market. In addition, in 2022 foreclosure filings were also down 89% from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010.
“Eighteen months after the end of the government’s foreclosure moratorium, and with less than five percent of the 8.4 million borrowers who entered the CARES Act forbearance program remaining, foreclosure activity remains significantly lower than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic…”
“It seems clear that government and mortgage industry efforts during the pandemic, coupled with a strong economy, have helped prevent millions of unnecessary foreclosures.” Said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM.
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