Pennsylvania Court Filings Intelligence
Live court-record analysis spanning property-related filings (foreclosure, probate, divorce, partition, guardianship) across Pennsylvania. Data sourced direct from county court dockets in our coverage area. Updated 2026-06-03. See methodology.
Most recent filing in this dataset: 2026-06-03. Dataset refreshes nightly; report regenerates monthly.
At a glance
389 verified property-related court filings tracked across 17 Pennsylvania counties since Dec 2025.
62 typical monthly statewide filing volume.
39% of filings involve owners whose mailing address differs from the property address (152 filings).
$324,188 median estimated property value across the 311 filings with property-enrichment data (80% coverage).
3.7% Pennsylvania unemployment rate (BLS, as of 2026-04). Filings should be read against the local-economy backdrop.
Filing type breakdown
| Filing type | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Foreclosure | 162 | 41.6% |
| Divorce | 105 | 27.0% |
| Pre-Probate | 73 | 18.8% |
| Estate | 41 | 10.5% |
| Quiet Title | 4 | 1.0% |
| Partition | 2 | 0.5% |
| Probate | 2 | 0.5% |
Each row is a distinct case verified for current owner-of-record before inclusion.
Top counties by filing volume
| County | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 133 | 34.2% |
| Clearfield County | 55 | 14.1% |
| Cumberland County | 35 | 9.0% |
| Schuylkill County | 34 | 8.7% |
| Bucks County | 20 | 5.1% |
| Delaware County | 20 | 5.1% |
| Jefferson County | 16 | 4.1% |
| York County | 14 | 3.6% |
| Luzerne County | 12 | 3.1% |
| Dauphin County | 10 | 2.6% |
Monthly statewide filing activity
| Month | Filings | vs prior |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 10 | |
| Jan 2026 | 11 | +1 |
| Feb 2026 | 14 | +3 |
| Mar 2026 | 13 | -1 |
| Apr 2026 | 159 | +146 |
| May 2026 | 166 | +7 |
| Jun 2026 | 14 | -152 |
Most recent month may be partial.
Property value distribution
| Estimated value | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 20 | 6.4% |
| $75k - $150k | 49 | 15.8% |
| $150k - $250k | 58 | 18.6% |
| $250k - $400k | 66 | 21.2% |
| $400k+ | 118 | 37.9% |
Median: $324,188. Mean: $366,138. From third-party property enrichment.
Day-of-week filing pattern
| Day | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 12 | 3.1% |
| Mon | 69 | 17.8% |
| Tue | 78 | 20.2% |
| Wed | 70 | 18.1% |
| Thu | 86 | 22.2% |
| Fri | 60 | 15.5% |
| Sat | 12 | 3.1% |
Filings show some weekend activity, suggesting after-hours electronic filing.
Case lifecycle (foreclosure)
Median time between key court-process milestones, computed from docket-entry timestamps on the 91 Pennsylvania cases with documented filing-event data:
| Milestone | Median days | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Complaint filed → summons served | 7 days | 45 cases |
| Complaint filed → judgment | 37 days | 2 cases |
Source: court docket entries. Only cases under active monitoring track through milestones. Cases without a documented filing or service event excluded.
Local-market benchmark
Demographics of the ZIPs where Pennsylvania filings cluster, weighted by filing count and benchmarked against Census ACS 2023 5-year:
| Indicator | Filing-weighted average |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $95,257 |
| Median home value | $306,117 |
| Owner-occupancy rate | 74.9% |
| Median gross rent | $1,327/mo |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates, filing-weighted across 10 top ZIPs.
The Pennsylvania pre-foreclosure visibility gap
The largest public foreclosure-aggregator interfaces surface only post-auction bank-owned properties in Pennsylvania. Pre-foreclosure court filings are not visible to their non-paying users. Keystone tracks the court filing the day it hits the docket, weeks or months before any property reaches the auction stage those aggregators surface.
Full audit: Court-vs-aggregator coverage gap report.
Methodology and data sources
- Court filings sourced direct from county court dockets in Keystone's Pennsylvania coverage area via daily automated scrape. Court records are public information.
- Every filing is verified for current owner-of-record before inclusion. Entity-owned filings (LLCs, trusts, banks) and stale-owner filings are excluded.
- Property value figures come from third-party enrichment (80% coverage on this dataset).
- Individual case data, defendant names, and property addresses are not published. Reports show aggregated statistics only.
- See /reports/methodology for full data sources, sample sizes, and limitations.
- This report was generated 2026-06-03 from the live database.
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