US Vacancy Rate Falls to 1.2% as Zombie Foreclosures Ease to 3%
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Irvine – October 29, 2026 -- The share of vacant U.S. residential properties fell to 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 1.3 percent in the third quarter and in the same quarter a year earlier, according to ATTOM's latest Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report.
ATTOM analyzed 105.1 million properties and found 269,195 in the foreclosure process. Of those, 8,040, or 3 percent, were "zombies" abandoned by owners before foreclosure concluded. The zombie rate was down from 3.3 percent in the prior quarter and in the fourth quarter of last year. ATTOM CEO Rob Barber said vacant and abandoned homes "continue to represent a relatively small share" of the nation's housing stock.