Tag Archives: zombie homes

Two New York lawmakers worked together to pass a new law aimed at helping municipalities avoid neighborhood blight due to abandoned properties.

According to new data, there are currently 7,650 zombie homes nationwide. Click through to find out which states hold the highest volume of vacant properties.

Click through to read how new legislation will give more power to local municipalities when dealing with distressed properties.

Through a new program, the NYC Housing Preservation and Development has formed a team to track down zombie homes in the Big Apple and find ways to address the problem.

Updates on homeownership, pending home sales, abandoned homes and more are all coming in The Week Ahead.

Over 1.5 million U.S. single-family homes and condos are vacant, and in a new report, find out which counties in each state hold the highest percentage of unoccupied homes.

Cleveland is overrun with zombie homes. What is behind the abundance of abandoned homes, and how is the city working to combat the problem?

Despite significant decreases in abandoned properties in recent years, local real estate experts state that San Francisco’s zombie homes are likely to never go away.

A recent study explored how new ways of financing can engage partners and investors to help communities address the impacts of blighted properties. Here's what it found.

With the passage of time and a collection of new policies, New York has dampened its foreclosure rate, its backlog of foreclosure cases, and its population of zombie properties.