ATTOM: U.S. Home Vacancy Rate Holds Steady

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ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report for Q2, showing that 1.4 million residential properties are vacant.

That’s roughly 1.3% of all homes in the U.S. The vacancy rate has been near flat for 13 consecutive quarters.

The states with the highest vacancy rates were Oklahoma, at 2.4%, Kansas, at 2.3%, Alabama, at 2.2%, Missouri, at 2.2%, and West Virginia, at 2.1%.

The states with the lowest vacancy rates were New Hampshire, at 0.3%, Vermont, at 0.4%, New Jersey, at 0.5%, Idaho, at 0.5%, and Connecticut, at 0.5%.

There were 222,358 properties in the foreclosure process during the second quarter of 2025, up 4.8% from Q1 but down 6.3% from Q2 2024.

In the quarter, ATTOM found 7,329 properties deemed “zombie properties,” or one in every 14,207 homes. Essentially that means they’ve been abandoned by their owners and have been vacant during the foreclosure process. That’s essentially flat from Q1 but up slightly from Q2 2024.

“Thankfully, we’re not seeing a lot of homes sitting vacant due to pending foreclosures, which is good for families, neighborhoods and the market,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM. “However, foreclosure filings have shown a recent uptick–with April seeing a 14% increase compared to the same month last year. So far, buyers seem to be scooping up these repossessed homes relatively quickly, so they aren’t sitting empty. Nobody wants to see a return to the days of the 2008 housing crisis when vacant, blighted homes were common in many parts of the country.”