Delaware foreclosures and housing market
How foreclosure works in Delaware, which counties lean to buyers or sellers, and how many homes are for sale right now.
How's the market in Delaware?
A strong seller's market.
Listings spent about 63 days on the market, and 18% had a price cut in October 2026.
Market figures: Realtor.com® Economic Research, October 2026. Free weekly email. Unsubscribe anytime.
Distressed properties in Delaware
Pre-foreclosures, auctions, bank-owned and HUD homes from county notices, with the street area instead of the house number.
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The Delaware market in October 2026
Our score compares how many listings went under contract with how many were for sale, ranked against every US county. Low scores lean to buyers, high scores to sellers.
Delaware market score
- Homes for sale
- 3,668
- US: 1,179,101
- Typical days on market
- 63
- US: 66
- Listings with a price cut
- 18%
- US: 21%
- Homes for sale vs pre-pandemic
- −30%
- US: −7%
- October 2026 vs the October average for 2017 to 2019.
Market score by county
Check any countyGray counties had too few listings to score. Tap a county for its full answer.
Counties in Delaware
Every county with 50+ homes for sale, lowest score first.
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, October 2026 county data. County days on market are medians. State and US figures weight each county by its homes for sale. Price-cut share is the share of listings with a price reduction.
How foreclosure works in Delaware
Most Delaware foreclosures go through court.
- Main steps and notices
- The lender sends a notice of intent to foreclose at least 45 days before filing suit.
- For an owner-occupied one- to four-family home, a mediation notice comes with the complaint.
- The sale notice is published for two weeks, posted in 10 public places and given to the borrower at least 10 days before the sale.
- Catching up before the sale
- State law does not require a right to reinstate.
- After the sale
- The borrower can redeem until the court confirms the sale.
- Before any of this starts
- Under federal rules, a mortgage servicer generally can't make the first notice or filing for foreclosure until the borrower is more than 120 days behind.
- Governing law
- 10 Delaware Code § 5061 et seq.
Sources
- Justia, Foreclosure laws and procedures: 50-state survey (last reviewed November 2022)
- Nolo, Foreclosure redemption period rights (state chart)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, How to avoid foreclosure
General information, not legal advice.
Laws change and each case differs. Anyone facing foreclosure should talk with a local attorney or a HUD-approved housing counselor.
Go deeper
- Check any county's marketPick a county in Delaware and see whether it leans to buyers or sellers.
- Read the buying guidesHow to buy pre-foreclosures, auction homes, bank-owned homes, HUD homes and short sales.
- Help if you're behind on your mortgageWhere you are in the process, your options, free counselors and scam warnings.
Delaware questions
Is foreclosure in Delaware judicial or non-judicial?
Most Delaware foreclosures go through court.
Can a homeowner get the home back after a foreclosure sale in Delaware?
The borrower can redeem until the court confirms the sale.
Can a borrower in Delaware catch up on the loan before the sale?
State law does not require a right to reinstate.
Is Delaware a buyer's or seller's market right now?
A strong seller's market. Delaware scores 80 out of 100 on our market scale, where low scores lean to buyers. Listings spent about 63 days on the market, and 18% had a price cut in October 2026. Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research.
How far behind does a borrower have to be before foreclosure starts?
Under federal rules, a mortgage servicer generally can't make the first notice or filing for foreclosure until the borrower is more than 120 days behind. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.