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As foreclosure activity is picking up across the nation, the same can’t be said in New England.

Massachusetts ranked 30th in the nation with 1,426 properties filing for foreclosure, or a rate of one out of every 2,114 homes, according to a third-quarter report from real estate data firm Attom. This represents a 5.8 percent drop year-over-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 statement. “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.”

A total of 72,317 U.S. properties started the foreclosure process in the third quarter, up 16 percent from a year ago.

Properties foreclosed in the third quarter of 2025 had been in the foreclosure process for an average of 608 days. This represents a 25 percent decrease from the same time a year ago.

Connecticut’s rate of foreclosure was ranked 14th in the nation. One out of every 1,384 homes had a foreclosure filing, representing an 8.06 percent drop year-over-year.