Research
Original, source-backed research on the housing markets we work in. Every report is built entirely from public data, with our methodology and sources stated in full, so you can check the numbers yourself.
Colorado's foreclosure count is rising faster than any state we have measured, up 121 percent in two years, but off a very low base. Our county-level index ranks the counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. The real distress is in Pueblo and the Front Range exurbs; the mountain resort towns rank high on cost of living alone.
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Ohio is home to the two highest zombie-foreclosure metros in America, Youngstown and Cleveland. Our county-level index ranks Ohio counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. The risk splits between the old industrial cities and the Appalachian southeast.
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South Carolina has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country, but the pressure is not in its booming metros. Our county-level index ranks all 46 counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. The risk sits in the rural interior, along the I-95 corridor.
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Georgia has one of the fastest-rising foreclosure rates in the country, and the pressure splits metro Atlanta in two. Our county-level index ranks the counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. Clayton County leads the state; the affluent northern arc is the safest ground.
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Illinois has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, and unlike the Sun Belt, the pressure reaches into its biggest metro. Our county-level index ranks the counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. Cook County files more foreclosures than any county in America.
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Texas ranks 12th nationally by foreclosure rate but leads every state in raw volume. Our county-level index ranks the counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment. The strain is in South Texas and the border, not the booming metros.
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America has about 5.2 million held-off-market vacant homes. Our national, county-level index ranks every U.S. county on abandoned housing, built from Census vacancy composition, cost burden, and housing age. The heaviest concentrations are in the Deep South and Appalachia, not the fast-growing Sun Belt.
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The state that led the last foreclosure crisis is now near the national middle, running more than 90 percent below its 2010 peak. Our county-level index ranks all 83 counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment.
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Tennessee foreclosures are rising fast off a historically low base. Our county-level index ranks all 95 counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment.
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Florida now has the worst foreclosure rate in the country. Our county-level index ranks all 67 counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment.
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A county-level index ranking all 15 Arizona counties by foreclosure pressure, built from market softness, mortgage cost burden, delinquency, and unemployment.
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