These Housing Markets Have the Highest Vulnerability During COVID-19

Numerous markets along the East Coast and in Northern Illinois are the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an examination of residential properties that are facing foreclosure or are underwater.

The report—by Irvine, California-based ATTOM Data Solutions, based on data from 406 counties across the US from the second quarter of 2020—found that 43 of the 50 counties most vulnerable to the economic impact of the pandemic sit from Connecticut to Florida, as well as around Chicago. That includes 11 counties surrounding New York City, both in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Sussex and Union) and New York (Nassau, Orange, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester), as well as five around Washington, D.C., (Charles, Prince George’s and Frederick counties in Maryland; and Spotsylvania and Stafford counties in Virginia) and four in and around Baltimore (Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil and Harford counties).