11-07-2025
Foreclosures climb in New Jersey; these counties saw the sharpest rise: report
Somerset County saw the sharpest rise in first-time foreclosures in the 12 New Jersey counties in the metropolitan New York City area during the second quarter of 2025, according to a study by Property Shark.
The number of first-time foreclosures in Somerset County grew by 54% in a year-over-year rise.
However, Somerset had the third smallest number of foreclosures in the study, 37.
Overall, the study found the number of first-time foreclosures in the 12 northern, central and shore New Jersey counties in the metropolitan area totaled 804. That was a 23% year-over-year increase after nine quarters of nearly consecutive declines.
Only two counties, Union and Passaic, showed declines.
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Middlesex showed the smallest increases in cases, 6%. In Hunterdon, there were only two additional cases, the smallest number in the study.
Though Hunterdon had the lowest number of first-time foreclosures, 21, that was a three-year high, according to the study.
Essex: 139, 28%.
Ocean: 118, 13%.
Bergen: 109, 30%
Monmouth: 82, 44%.
Union: 58, -8%.
Middlesex: 55, 6%.
Morris: 54, 50%.
Hudson: 52, 49%.
Passaic: 46, -2%.
Somerset: 37, 54%
Sussex: 41, 37%.
Hunterdon: 21, 11%.
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This article originally appeared on NJ foreclosures up 23% since summer 2024, report says
