Prince George’s County’s foreclosure listing grew about 25 percent this year. Through Aug. 28, the county’s open data portal lists 2,184 foreclosure records for 2026, compared with 1,752 for the same stretch of 2025. The listing already covers most of last year’s full total of 2,740.
TANTV News analyzed the county’s County Foreclosures dataset, which lists properties reported to the county as foreclosed and carries a submitted date for each record. The newest record is dated Aug. 28, so September and October are not yet reflected. The portal describes the dataset as updating weekly, but its latest entries stop in late August.
A rebound, not a record
The county’s counts fell to 1,038 records in 2021, then rose to 2,363 in 2022 and 3,360 in 2023 before easing to 2,741 in 2024 and 2,740 in 2025. Counts through Aug. 28 show the same pattern: 1,312 in 2022, 2,301 in 2023, 1,912 in 2024, 1,752 in 2025 and 2,184 in 2026. That puts this year above 2024 and 2025 but still below 2023. The 2010s were far higher; the listing shows 9,940 records for 2010 alone.
May 2026 had 382 records, the highest monthly total since at least the start of 2024.
Where the increase is concentrated
By ZIP code, the largest increases from the same period last year were in 20785, which covers Hyattsville and nearby communities (70 to 102 records), Capitol Heights 20743 (109 to 151), Clinton 20735 (116 to 160), District Heights 20747 (86 to 118) and Upper Marlboro 20774 (149 to 200). Upper Marlboro 20772 had the most records overall, 221 compared with 171. Fort Washington 20744 and Temple Hills 20748 rose more modestly, to 178 and 137.
The ZIP comparison is approximate. About 65 of last year’s records have no ZIP code, and the county’s city labels are inconsistent, so TANTV used ZIP codes.
What the county data does not say
The listing does not say whether a record is a default notice, a scheduled sale or a completed sale. The occupancy field reads “Unavailable” for every 2026 record, so the data does not show whether owners or renters live in the properties.
The state’s numbers point the same direction
Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development, which uses a different data source, reported that Prince George’s recorded 1,068 foreclosure events in the second quarter, the most of any county and 23.9 percent of the state’s 4,472. That is up 20.5 percent from the second quarter of 2025. Statewide events rose 31.8 percent over the same period.
The state report breaks the total into stages. Notices of default, the first step in the process, were 223 in the county, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier. Lender purchases, the final step, were 80, up 70.2 percent. Notices of foreclosure sale fell to 16, down 85.6 percent. The report does not give a cause and describes a “sustained resurgence in housing distress.”
If you are behind on your mortgage
Homeowners can find a HUD-approved housing counselor through HUD’s counselor search. Counselors can review options with a lender before a sale date is set.
