A list nobody wants to top. Southwest Florida now leads foreclosures

Southwest Florida has become the nation’s foreclosure epicenter.

A new midyear report Thursday from ATTOM real estate analytics found Charlotte County posted the highest foreclosure rate of any metropolitan area in the United States during the first six months of 2026, with Lee County sixth.

A separate study this month, using slightly different methodology, actually rated Lee worse than Charlotte for the same time period…

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