Foreclosures decline in most NY metro areas: See latest stats

Foreclosures in most New York metro areas, including Syracuse, fell in the third quarter when compared with the same period last year, according to new data.

Foreclosures declined in four of the seven New York metro areas that appeared in the latest nationwide foreclosure report from ATTOM Data, a national property data provider.

The rate of foreclosures fell about 1.6% in Syracuse, 4.7% in New York City, 15.1% in Rochester and 17.9% in Buffalo. The rate of filings was up in Binghamton, Utica and Albany.

Binghamton had the largest increase in the state at more than 54%, according to ATTOM. That was the 37th-highest jump in the nation out of 225 metro areas with data available.

You can see details of third-quarter foreclosure filings in New York metro areas in the table below. If you can’t see the table, click here to open it in a new window.

ATTOM’s report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing entered in the company’s database for the quarter. The report includes data on properties in multiple phases of the foreclosure process, including those with an initial notice of default, those headed to foreclosure auctions and properties already foreclosed on and owned by a bank.

The numbers come from 3,000 counties nationwide, which are home to over 99% of the U.S. population, the company said.

Nationwide in the third quarter, over 101,000 properties had foreclosure filings, according to ATTOM. That was a 17% increase from the third quarter last year.

“In 2025, we’ve seen a consistent pattern of foreclosure activity trending higher, with both starts and completions posting year-over-year increases for consecutive quarters,” ATTOM CEO Rob Barber said in a news release. “While these figures remain within a historically reasonable range, the persistence of this trend could be an early indicator of emerging borrower strain in some areas.”

Bellingham, Washington had the biggest spike in the rate of foreclosure filings in the third quarter at 600%, according to ATTOM. Yakima, Washington had the biggest drop at over 52%.

You can see the latest details on foreclosure filings in metro areas nationwide in the table below. If you can’t see the table, click here to open it in a new window.