ATTOM: Vacancy, Zombie Foreclosure Rates Remain Low

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ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its Q1 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, finding that 1.33% of residential properties are vacant. That’s essentially flat from both Q1 and Q4 2025.

In numerical terms, that translates to nearly 1.4 million homes.

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

The lowest vacancy rates were in New Hampshire (0.3%), Vermont (0.4%), New Jersey (0.5%), Connecticut (0.5%) and Idaho (0.6%).

And, 230,401 homes were in the process of foreclosure when the data was gathered. Of those, 3.27%–or 7,540 properties–were “zombies” or abandoned by their owners.

That’s flat from Q4 2025 and down narrowly from 3.34% in Q1 2025.

“It will come as no surprise to anyone shopping for a home that vacancy rates remain low. That is one reason home prices have continued to rise despite ongoing affordability challenges,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM. “It is also encouraging for both neighborhoods and the broader market that even among properties in foreclosure, vacancy rates remain relatively low.”

Properties held by institutional investors were more likely to be vacant. About 3.5% of the 25.2 million homes owned by investors were vacant.