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Delaware experienced the nation's highest foreclosure rate in Q1 2025, with a 58% year-over-year increase in foreclosure starts.

One in every 761 Delaware housing units had a foreclosure filing, double the national average.

Delaware's overall mortgage delinquency rate also increased, tying Georgia for the third-largest year-over-year jump.

Nationwide foreclosure activity rose 11% from the previous quarter but remained 2% lower than Q1 2024.

Foreclosure activity surged in Delaware at the start of 2025, with the state posting the nation’s highest foreclosure rate and one of the largest annual increases in foreclosure starts, housing data shows.

Foreclosure starts in Delaware rose 58% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2024, second only to Kansas,

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