Annual data for 2021 shows a national average delinquency rate of 5.9%, down 0.4% from the year prior, according to CoreLogic’s Real Estate Property Tax Delinquency Report, which analyzes real estate property tax delinquency changes nationally and at state levels.
“Homeowners in financial distress are more likely to be late on their property tax payment,” says Dr. Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic’s chief economist. “During the past decade, 2011 had the highest annual average unemployment and