Approximately 1.4 million homes, or 1.3% of US residential properties, were vacant in the second quarter of the year. According to new data from ATTOM, that percentage was unchanged from both the first quarter and from the second quarter of 2025.
Out of the national total of 104.9 million residential properties, 245,376 were in the foreclosure process in the second quarter. Of those, 8,312 properties, or 3.4%, were “zombie properties” that were abandoned before the end of their foreclosure proceedings. The second quarter zombie rate was slightly higher than the 3.3% rate posted in the first quarter and at the same time last year.
Only two states with at least 50 zombie properties saw their numbers drop: Washington (down 13.1% to 53 zombies) and New York (down 2.2% to 1,352 zombies). Among states with at least 100 zombie properties in the second quarter, the largest quarter-over-quarter increases were in Georgia (up 98% to 101 zombie properties), North Carolina (up 67.2% to 102 zombies), Indiana (up 42% to 294 zombies), Iowa (up 35.5% to 126 zombies), and South Carolina (up 15.4% to 150 zombies).
“The increase in zombie foreclosures across most states may reflect a foreclosure market that is slowly returning to more normalized levels,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM. “At the same time, overall vacancy rates remain relatively steady nationwide, while zombie foreclosures still represent only a small share of homes in the foreclosure process.”
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