Florida Foreclosure Filings: County Ranking and Pipeline (2026)
A foreclosure case starts the day a lender files a lis pendens with the clerk of court, and from that day the owner is a motivated seller whether or not a sale ever happens. This report counts every foreclosure case DLRadar has pulled from Florida clerk dockets, ranks the counties by volume, and shows how many cases already carry an auction date.
- 84,121 foreclosure cases stored across 63 Florida counties, 9,882 of them filed in the last twelve months.
- 618 cases carry an auction date that has not arrived yet; 0 are already marked bank-owned.
- Broward County files the most cases with 33,069, ahead of Osceola County at 24,021.
- Newest filing date on file: October 20, 2026.
FC-signal: the FC signal figures as of 2026-10-20; Florida clerk-of-court civil dockets read by DLRadar.
| County | Cases on file | Filed last 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Broward County | 33,069 | 106 |
| Osceola County | 24,021 | 279 |
| Alachua County | 7,672 | 716 |
| Okaloosa County | 6,099 | 191 |
| Hillsborough County | 5,184 | 3,788 |
| Pinellas County | 1,629 | 76 |
| Duval County | 1,158 | 1,113 |
| Brevard County | 599 | 578 |
| Indian River County | 471 | 73 |
| Citrus County | 446 | 240 |
| Lake County | 392 | 383 |
| Hernando County | 311 | 146 |
Foreclosure cases by county, all stored cases vs. filed in the last 365 days.
Where the cases are
Broward County holds 33,069 cases with 106 filed this year; Osceola County holds 24,021 cases with 279 filed this year; Alachua County holds 7,672 cases with 716 filed this year; Okaloosa County holds 6,099 cases with 191 filed this year; Hillsborough County holds 5,184 cases with 3,788 filed this year; Pinellas County holds 1,629 cases with 76 filed this year. The twelve counties in the table account for 81,051 of the 84,121 stored cases.
Stage of the docket
Stages recorded on the cases: lis_pendens 79,628, scheduled_sale 2,483, judgment 2,010. A case with final judgment but no sale date is the most negotiable position an owner can be in.
What the FC flag means on a parcel
The FC flag is set when a docket entry in the county civil index names the parcel, or the owner at that address, as the defendant in a mortgage foreclosure. The case can sit at any stage: freshly filed, in mediation, with final judgment, or scheduled for sale. The flag stays open until the docket shows the case closed, dismissed or sold.
Why filings beat auction lists
Auction calendars show the last thirty days of a case that typically took a year to reach sale. The filing is the first public signal, and the gap between filing and sale is the window where a direct offer, a short sale or a refinance still makes sense for the owner. Investors who work filings reach owners months before the auction crowd does.
Work the FC signal
Every case in this report is a parcel-level lead on the live board, and the pre-foreclosure hub shows the current Florida inventory by county.
FC parcels update as the records refresh.
Florida Foreclosure Filings: County Ranking and Pipeline (2026): questions
Does every filing end in a courthouse sale?
No. A large share are dismissed, reinstated or settled before judgment. The report counts filings and separately counts the cases that carry a scheduled auction date.
Can I see the plaintiff on each case?
Yes. The docket names the lender or servicer who filed. DLRadar sells a plaintiff league table per county that ranks who files most often.
How often do the counts change?
Clerk dockets are re-read on a rolling schedule and the figures on this page are rebuilt every six hours from the stored cases.
More on the FC signal
- Pre-Foreclosure vs. Foreclosure: What Investors Need to Know →
- FC leads by county →
- List: Florida foreclosure plaintiff league table for one county (who files, →
- Foreclosure auctions →
- FC on the Florida county pages →
- Florida Recorded Deeds: Transfer Volume by County (2026) →
- Florida Mortgage Distress: Court Cases and Flagged Parcels (2026) →
Florida Foreclosure Filings: County Ranking and Pipeline (2026) (FC-signal) is fed by Florida clerk-of-court civil dockets read by DLRadar and is not legal advice. Nothing in the FC signal is tax or investment advice; verify every FC-signal record with the issuing office before acting.