Tag Archives: ‘Zombie’ Foreclosures Haunt Housing Market

A new study finds that 301,874 “zombie” homes—properties where home owners receive foreclosure notices and move out, leaving the home vacant and deteriorating—exist in the U.S. The state with the highest number of “zombie” properties is Florida, with 90,556 vacant homes in foreclosure, according to data by RealtyTrac, in their first analysis of “zombie” properties. Illinois ranks second with 31,668 “zombie” properties and California ranks third with 28,821. However, Kentucky leads overall in percentage of zombie properties; abandoned homes represent 54 percent of Kentucky’s total foreclosure inventory. Abandoned foreclosures also […]