ATTOM: U.S. Home Vacancy Rate Holds Steady

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

2nd Quarter ‘Zombie’ Foreclosures Up 21%

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its second-quarter Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, showing 1.4 million residential properties in the United States were vacant in the second quarter quarter, representing 1.4 percent of all homes.

With Moratoria in Place, ‘Zombie’ Properties Fade

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said just 175,000 vacant properties entered the foreclosure process in the first quarter—a reflection of ongoing national and local foreclosure/eviction moratoria.

ATTOM: ‘Zombie’ Properties Diminish Amid Foreclosure Moratorium

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., reported 200,065 properties in the process of foreclosure in the fourth quarter, down by 7.3 percent from the third quarter. Of those, then number sitting empty—also known as “zombie” foreclosures, fell by 4.4 percent to 7,612.