Florida Has the Nation’s Worst Foreclosure Rate. Punta Gorda Is #1. Here’s What Southwest Florida Homeowners Need to Know.
Florida posted the highest foreclosure rate of any state in the country in the first half of 2026, according to ATTOM’s midyear report: 27,494 properties, or roughly one in every 373 homes, entered some stage of foreclosure — up 33% from a year earlier. Florida trailed only Texas in raw foreclosure starts, but led the […]