Just Before Halloween, a New Report Reveals a Frightening Trend in America’s Housing Market

Just before Halloween, a new report reveals a frightening trend in America’s housing market

Something in the real estate market just got a little less spooky this holiday season.  Out of all residential properties in the U.S., the number of homes abandoned during the foreclosure process dropped to 3% in the last quarter, an improvement from 3.3% measured over the same time period last year. The data comes from the real estate analytics firm Attom’s latest Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure report. Empty houses, known as “zombies,” …

America’s ‘zombie foreclosures’ are declining — but thousands of abandoned homes still haunt neighborhoods

More than 8,000 properties remain stuck in foreclosure limbo nationwide, with 29 states seeing increases even as overall vacancy rates fall, per ATTOM.

Home Vacancy and 'Zombie' Rates Tick Down in Fourth Quarter

ATTOM’s Q4 2026 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report shows U.S. vacancy and zombie rates declined in the fourth quarter.

Home Vacancy Falls to 1.2% in ATTOM Q4 Report

ATTOM says 1.2% of U.S. residential properties were vacant in the fourth quarter, down from 1.3%, while zombie foreclosures accounted for 3% of foreclosure properties. Continue Reading U.S. Home Vacancy Rate Falls to 1.2% as Zombie Foreclosure Share Declines