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Seriously Underwater Mortgages – Q2 2026 State Rankings

Industry Update
September 11, 2026

Source: ATTOM

What Is the Share of Seriously Underwater Mortgages in Q2 2026?

In the second quarter of 2026, the percentage of seriously underwater properties across the U.S. stayed the same quarterly and edged up annually.

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.2% of mortgaged residential properties, where the combined estimated loan balances are at least 25% more than the property’s estimated market value

Monthly change: unchanged from 3.2% in Q1 2026

Year-over-year change: up from 2.7% in Q2 2025

The states with the highest shares of seriously underwater homes in the second quarter were Minnesota, Louisiana, Iowa, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

What’s Driving Q2 2026 Underwater Trends?

The share of seriously underwater homes held at 3.2% in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 3.2% in the prior quarter, and increased from 2.7% a year earlier. Rates rose quarter over quarter in 18 states and year over year in 33 states and the District of Columbia.

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Rates by State – Q2 2026

Below is the complete state by state ranking for the second quarter of 2026, listing each state’s share of seriously underwater properties and four counties with the highest percentages of seriously underwater homes, where available.

  1. Minnesota

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 12.1%

Monthly change: up from 3.0% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.6% last year

Counties: Isanti, Mille Lacs, Todd, Meeker

  1. Louisiana

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 10.3%

Monthly change: down from 11.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 11.9% last year

Counties: Jefferson Davis, De Soto, Webster, Avoyelles

  1. Iowa

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 7.8%

Monthly change: up from 6.0% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 5.9% last year

Counties: Allamakee, Clay, Winneshiek, Tama

  1. Mississippi

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 6.4%

Monthly change: down from 8.0% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 6.5% last year

Counties: Washington, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Pike

  1. Arkansas

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 6.0%

Monthly change: down from 6.4% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 5.6% last year

Counties: Columbia, Arkansas, Saint Francis, Ouachita

  1. South Dakota

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 5.7%

Monthly change: up from 3.0% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.1% last year

Counties: Brown, Union, Hughes, Yankton

  1. Kentucky

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 5.7%

Monthly change: down from 8.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 7.0% last year

Counties: Floyd, Pike, Adair, Carter

  1. Nebraska

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.8%

Monthly change: up from 4.3% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.8% last year

Counties: Scotts Bluff, Lincoln, Adams, Dawson

  1. Oklahoma

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.7%

Monthly change: down from 6.6% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 5.6% last year

Counties: Okmulgee, Woodward, Seminole, Beckham

  1. Missouri

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.5%

Monthly change: down from 4.9% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 4.3% last year

Counties: Dunklin, Howell, Benton, Nodaway

  1. Alabama

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.4%

Monthly change: up from 3.7% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.2% last year

Counties: Pike, Covington, Lauderdale, Geneva

  1. Ohio

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.4%

Monthly change: up from 4.3% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.8% last year

Counties: Highland, Adams, Scioto, Pike

  1. Illinois

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.4%

Monthly change: down from 4.9% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 4.2% last year

Counties: Mcdonough, Montgomery, Saline, Mason

  1. Wisconsin

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.2%

Monthly change: up from 3.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.3% last year

Counties: Saint Croix, Pierce, Polk, Burnett

  1. Kansas

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.1%

Monthly change: down from 5.0% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 4.4% last year

Counties: Dickinson, Saline, Wyandotte, Cowley

  1. West Virginia

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.1%

Monthly change: down from 4.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 4.3% last year

Counties: Marshall, Raleigh, Mercer, Harrison

  1. Michigan

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.0%

Monthly change: up from 3.1% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.5% last year

Counties: Oceana, Cass, Mason, Kalkaska

  1. North Dakota

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 4.0%

Monthly change: down from 4.3% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 5.0% last year

Counties: Stutsman, Richland, Grand Forks, Stark

  1. Pennsylvania

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.6%

Monthly change: down from 4.3% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 3.7% last year

Counties: Jefferson, Potter, Greene, Fayette

  1. Indiana

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.5%

Monthly change: down from 3.7% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.1% last year

Counties: Miami, Randolph, Washington, Orange

  1. Maryland

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.5%

Monthly change: down from 3.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.6% last year

Counties: Baltimore City, Dorchester, Somerset, Allegany

  1. Tennessee

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.3%

Monthly change: down from 3.7% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 3.0% last year

Counties: Decatur, Carroll, Dyer, Henry

  1. Georgia

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.2%

Monthly change: down from 3.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: unchanged

Counties: Coffee, Pierce, Toombs, Decatur

  1. Idaho

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.2%

Monthly change: up from 2.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.4% last year

Counties: Jefferson, Madison, Bingham, Bonneville

  1. North Carolina

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.1%

Monthly change: unchanged

Year-over-year change: up from 2.5% last year

Counties: Bladen, Vance, Edgecombe, Columbus

  1. Maine

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 3.1%

Monthly change: up from 2.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.1% last year

Counties: Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis, Somerset

  1. Virginia

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.9%

Monthly change: up from 2.4% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.0% last year

Counties: Richmond City, Brunswick, Hopewell City, Pittsylvania

  1. South Carolina

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.9%

Monthly change: down from 3.6% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 3.2% last year

Counties: Clarendon, Darlington, Fairfield, Chesterfield

  1. New Mexico

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.7%

Monthly change: down from 3.3% last quarter

Year-over-year change: unchanged

Counties: Lincoln, Otero, Colfax, Rio Arriba

  1. Alaska

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.6%

Monthly change: up from 2.2% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.0% last year

Counties: Fairbanks North Star, Juneau, Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna

  1. Delaware

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.6%

Monthly change: down from 2.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.3% last year

Counties: Kent, Sussex, New Castle

  1. Washington

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.5%

Monthly change: up from 2.1% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.7% last year

Counties: Lewis, Mason, Adams, Grays Harbor

  1. Colorado

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.5%

Monthly change: down from 2.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 2.3% last year

Counties: Otero, Las Animas, Logan, Pueblo

  1. Utah

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.4%

Monthly change: down from 2.6% last quarter

Year-over-year change: unchanged

Counties: Box Elder, Sevier, Washington, Iron

  1. Wyoming

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.4%

Monthly change: unchanged

Year-over-year change: down from 2.6% last year

Counties: Park, Fremont, Sheridan, Carbon

  1. California

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.3%

Monthly change: up from 1.7% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.4% last year

Counties: Madera, Fresno, Trinity, Mariposa

  1. Texas

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.1%

Monthly change: down from 2.6% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 2.3% last year

Counties: Nacogdoches, Starr, Tom Green, Val Verde

  1. Florida

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.1%

Monthly change: down from 2.4% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.8% last year

Counties: Jackson, Gadsden, Franklin, Washington

  1. Arizona

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 2.0%

Monthly change: down from 2.2% last quarter

Year-over-year change: unchanged

Counties: Cochise, Gila, Yavapai, Pinal

  1. Hawaii

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.9%

Monthly change: up from 1.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.3% last year

Counties: Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai

  1. Oregon

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.9%

Monthly change: down from 2.2% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.8% last year

Counties: Malheur, Josephine, Jackson, Curry

  1. Montana

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.9%

Monthly change: unchanged

Year-over-year change: down from 2.0% last year

Counties: Yellowstone, Jefferson, Lincoln, Cascade

  1. Nevada

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.6%

Monthly change: down from 2.1% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 1.7% last year

Counties: Elko, Nye, Churchill, Lyon

  1. New Jersey

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.6%

Monthly change: down from 1.8% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 1.7% last year

Counties: Cumberland, Mercer, Salem, Atlantic

  1. New York

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.5%

Monthly change: down from 1.9% last quarter

Year-over-year change: down from 2.0% last year

Counties: Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Allegany, Seneca

  1. New Hampshire

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.3%

Monthly change: unchanged

Year-over-year change: up from 1.1% last year

Counties: Coos, Sullivan, Grafton, Strafford

  1. Massachusetts

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.3%

Monthly change: down from 1.5% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 1.1% last year

Counties: Suffolk, Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin

  1. Rhode Island

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 1.1%

Monthly change: down from 1.2% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 0.9% last year

Counties: Kent, Providence, Newport, Bristol

  1. Vermont

Percentage of Seriously Underwater Properties: 0.9%

Monthly change: up from 0.7% last quarter

Year-over-year change: up from 0.7% last year

Counties: Addison, Washington, Chittenden

Conclusion

The findings indicate that seriously underwater mortgage rates remained low across the U.S. in the second quarter of 2026. Nationally, seriously underwater homes accounted for 3.2% of mortgaged properties, unchanged from the prior quarter at one decimal place and up from 2.7% a year earlier, while the highest state level rates were in Minnesota, Louisiana, Iowa, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

 

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