Dallas Foreclosure Filings: See Year-Over-Year Increase

DALLAS, TX — Foreclosure activity in Dallas for February 2018 saw a 5.19 percent year-over-year increase from February 2017 but saw a 12.68 percent decrease from January 2018, according to ATTOM data.

According to ATTOM, there were 142 foreclosure filings in Dallas in February 2018. Based on census bureau estimates, there are 569,253 housing units in Dallas so one in every 265 properties in Dallas had a foreclosure filing.

Foreclosure activity had an overall year-over-year decrease in the U.S. for Feb. 2018, reaching an all-time low for as far back as ATTOM has data available, which dates back to April 2005. Texas overall had a year-over-year decrease of 12.84 percent in foreclosure filings.

In all, Texas had the sixth highest foreclosure rate in the country, according to ATTOM. In February 2018, there were 3,402 foreclosure filings in the state or one in every 30 properties had a foreclosure filing.

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