Provides monthly totals of Notices of Intent (NOI), Notices of Foreclosure (NOF), and Foreclosure Property Registrations (FPR) for Maryland Counties as reported to the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). For additional information and definitions, please see the OFR's Foreclosure Data Tracker: https://www.labor.maryland.gov/finance/consumers/frforeclosuredatatracker.shtml. NOTE: The data provided is for informational and research purposes only and is not intended to guide policy or provide specific outreach targets. The data provided is compiled from third-party filings with the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) pursuant to applicable law. These third-party filings may contain duplicates and other errors and the OFR cannot guarantee the accuracy and quality of the submissions upon which the data is based. The data does not constitute foreclosure case records and may differ from the official foreclosure records contained in the court records of the State of Maryland. OFR makes no express or implied warranties or representations concerning the data contained in this report.

Provides each month the total number of Maryland Notices of Intent to Foreclose (NOI) by zip code as reported to the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). For more information and definitions, please see OFR's Foreclosure Data Tracker: https://www.labor.maryland.gov/finance/consumers/frforeclosuredatatracker.shtml. NOTE: The data provided is for informational and research purposes only and is not intended to guide policy or provide specific outreach targets. The data provided is compiled from third-party filings with the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) pursuant to applicable law. These third-party filings may contain duplicates and other errors and the OFR cannot guarantee the accuracy and quality of the submissions upon which the data is based. The data does not constitute foreclosure case records and may differ from the official foreclosure records contained in the court records of the State of Maryland. OFR makes no express or implied warranties or representations concerning the data contained in this report.

Provides the annual total number of Maryland Notices of Intent to Foreclose (NOI) by census tract as reported to the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). For more information and definitions, please see OFR's Foreclosure Data Tracker: https://www.labor.maryland.gov/finance/consumers/frforeclosuredatatracker.shtml. NOTE: The data provided is for informational and research purposes only and is not intended to guide policy or provide specific outreach targets. The data provided is compiled from third-party filings with the OFR pursuant to applicable law. These third-party filings may contain duplicates and other errors and the OFR cannot guarantee the accuracy and quality of the submissions upon which the data is based. The data does not constitute foreclosure case records and may differ from the official foreclosure records contained in the court records of the State of Maryland. In addition, errors in reported street addresses mean that some NOIs are not able to be matched with a census tract. This may result in a different total number of annual NOIs than the total number in other related reports. OFR makes no express or implied warranties or representations concerning the data contained in this report. Blank values indicate census tracts with fewer than 10 NOIs.

On February 14, 2013 members of the Maryland HOPE Counseling Network were awarded $11.8 million in grant awards, the highest level of funding for foreclosure prevention counseling in state history. The period covered by these awards is fiscal years 2013-2015. The Network is a group of 39 statewide nonprofit agencies that provide foreclosure prevention assistance. The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) provides financial support and training to these agencies. These counselors are the critical link in assisting individuals facing foreclosures, acting as a resource to negotiate reasonable terms with mortgage servicers, and advising citizens on the best actions to take to save their homes. The funds, made available through the Office of Attorney General Douglas Gansler and the Maryland Housing Counseling Fund, are part of Maryland’s award from the National Mortgage Loan Servicing Practices Settlement and are being administered by DHCD.

We examine the contagion effect of residential foreclosures and find strong evidence of a social interactions influence on default decisions where the interaction is based on neighbors’ behavior in a previous period. Using a unique spatially explicit parcel-level dataset documenting residential foreclosures in Maryland for the years 2006-2009 and a highly localized neighborhood definition, based on 13 nearest neighbors, we find that a neighbor in foreclosure increases the hazard of additional defaults by 18 percent. This feedback effect goes beyond a temporary reduction in local house prices and implies a negative social multiplier effect of foreclosures. (JEL R23, R31)