ATTOM

Irvine, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- U.S. home flippers earned a typical gross profit margin of 21.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, down from 25.7 percent in the prior quarter and 27.6 percent a year earlier, according to ATTOM's Q2 2026 U.S. Home Flipping Report.

Investors flipped 77,991 single-family homes and condominiums in the quarter, representing 6.2 percent of all home sales nationwide. That flipping rate fell sharply from 8 percent in the first quarter of 2026 and from 7.3 percent in the second quarter of 2025, even though the raw volume of flips rose from 64,760 the previous quarter. Volume remained below the 80,477 flips recorded a year earlier.

Irvine, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- U.S. lenders repossessed 5,794 properties through completed foreclosures in August 2026, a 42 percent jump from a year earlier and the sharpest annual increase among all foreclosure metrics tracked by ATTOM.

Total foreclosure filings climb 13 percent year over year to 40,277 properties

ATTOM's August 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report counted 40,277 properties with default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions, up 1 percent from July and up 13 percent from August 2025. Nationwide, one in every 3,569 housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.