US Home Foreclosure Filings Jump 11 Percent With More Than 36,000 Properties

Houston, Las Vegas, and Jacksonville, Florida, are the major metropolitan areas with the highest foreclosure rates.

Nationwide, foreclosures have increased with persistently high mortgage rates. Dustin Sullivan/Getty Images

There were 36,128 properties with foreclosure filings in July across the United States, up 11 percent from June and 13 percent from a year ago, real estate analytics company ATTOM said in an Aug. 15 statement.

One in 3,939 housing units nationwide faced a foreclosure filing last month, the company said. Nevada had the highest rate, with one in every 2,326 housing units filing for foreclosure. This was followed by Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, and Illinois.