Maryland State Wire

One in 385 properties in Maryland started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.

It was the third highest foreclosure rate among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

The data shows 6,286 Maryland properties with a foreclosure filing during the first three months of 2018. The state has more than 2.4 million housing units. The foreclosure rate in the state is down 7.42 percent from the end of 2017 and down 25.64 percent from a year ago.

In the U.S., 189,870 properties started the foreclosure process in the first quarter – a 4 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2017 and a 19 percent decrease from this time last year.

State foreclosure rates

Rank	State	Housing Units	Q1 2018 Properties with Foreclosure Filings	Foreclosure Rate (Housing Units Per Foreclosure Filing)	Change from Q4 2017 (%)	Change from Q1 2017 (%)
1	New Jersey	3,586,442	15,386	233	-7.15	-16.65
2	Delaware	417,927	1,319	317	-1.93	-15.34
3	Maryland	2,421,909	6,286	385	-7.42	-25.65
4	Illinois	5,310,327	12,485	425	-4.70	-25.26
5	South Carolina	2,192,041	4,787	458	8.03	-11.86
6	Ohio	5,146,944	10,712	480	13.66	-13.05
7	Nevada	1,200,517	2,367	507	-5.77	-32.14
8	New Mexico	912,445	1,700	537	5.92	-2.19
9	Connecticut	1,493,798	2,752	543	-8.08	-24.95
10	Indiana	2,830,669	5,073	558	4.21	1.34
11	Florida	9,152,815	15,275	599	23.28	-30.21
12	Pennsylvania	5,592,175	8,944	625	1.04	-19.37
13	New York	8,191,568	12,835	638	1.37	-14.71
14	Oklahoma	1,699,462	2,624	648	5.59	-10.63
15	Arizona	2,913,541	4,397	663	8.06	-5.07
16	North Carolina	4,453,767	6,695	665	-2.90	-19.08
17	Alabama	2,209,335	3,214	687	14.34	-8.46
18	Georgia	4,156,518	5,467	760	65.72	-18.15
19	Iowa	1,362,619	1,755	776	19.55	7.27
20	Massachusetts	2,836,658	3,560	797	-11.40	-24.97
21	District of Columbia	306,711	375	818	-8.31	62.34
22	Alaska	306,921	374	821	87.94	171.01
23	Tennessee	2,873,478	3,216	893	5.58	-6.62
24	Virginia	3,445,357	3,828	900	3.57	-17.75
25	Louisiana	2,011,700	2,208	911	29.20	-33.41
26	California	13,911,737	15,269	911	-17.83	-27.36
27	Missouri	2,738,774	2,884	950	0.66	-7.86
28	Utah	1,024,047	1,057	969	-5.03	-22.45
29	Texas	10,441,643	10,736	973	38.64	-13.33
30	Wisconsin	2,649,597	2,696	983	27.65	-5.27
31	Maine	727,127	707	1,028	-7.22	-7.94
32	Kentucky	1,951,090	1,890	1,032	11.77	0.27
33	Oregon	1,706,290	1,649	1,035	4.24	-17.30
34	Michigan	4,544,920	4,170	1,090	11.62	-20.24
35	Rhode Island	462,657	408	1,134	-26.35	-22.43
36	Wyoming	267,987	225	1,191	4.17	-12.11
37	Nebraska	815,006	673	1,211	20.39	16.03
38	Arkansas	1,341,391	1,091	1,230	17.44	-18.15
39	Hawaii	530,289	430	1,233	-8.12	-41.26
40	Minnesota	2,382,855	1,901	1,253	20.62	23.52
41	Kansas	1,248,955	936	1,334	8.21	-17.61
42	New Hampshire	620,729	444	1,398	-2.42	-34.61
43	Colorado	2,284,863	1,454	1,571	-9.63	-27.88
44	Mississippi	1,295,242	818	1,583	17.36	-21.50
45	Washington	2,966,814	1,742	1,703	-15.15	-51.33
46	Idaho	686,013	342	2,006	-15.97	-47.71
47	Vermont	326,812	126	2,594	16.67	-5.26
48	West Virginia	884,728	291	3,040	54.79	-1.36
49	Montana	491,439	154	3,191	-0.65	-15.38
50	South Dakota	372,281	76	4,898	33.33	-11.63
51	North Dakota	350,134	67	5,226	15.52	-2.90

Source: ATTOM Data Solutions