ATTOM Insight - January 2025

Welcome to ATTOM Insights for January 2025

Below you will get a quick recap on the latest housing market press releases, from the release of our foreclosure market report, quarterly home sales report, quarterly home equity and underwater report, and other noteworthy insight that occurred in December 2024.

U.S. Foreclosure Activity Declines in 2024

The Year-End 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows foreclosure filings— default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 322,103 U.S. properties in 2024, down 10 percent from 2023 and down 1 percent from 2022 and down 35 percent from 2019, before the pandemic shook up the market. Foreclosure filings in 2024 were also down 89 percent from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010.

Read the full press release here.

Home Selling Profits Slide Again in 2024 Across U.S. Despite Continued Price Gains

The Year-End 2024 U.S. Home Sales Report shows that home sellers made a $122,500 profit on typical sales nationwide in 2024, generating a 53.8 percent return on investment.

Read the full press release here.

Home Equity Holds Steady Around U.S. During Fourth Quarter as Housing Market Remains Strong

The fourth quarter 2024 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report shows that 47.7 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich in the fourth quarter, meaning that the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured by those properties was no more than half of their estimated market values.

Read the full press release here.

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