25 Percent Share Up From 21 Percent A Year Ago Despite Decrease in Absolute Numbers;
St. Louis, Portland, Las Vegas with Highest Share of Zombies Among Metro Areas;
Atlantic City, Trenton, New York with Biggest Increases in Zombies Among Metro Areas;
IRVINE, Calif. – Feb. 5, 2015 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, released its Q1 2015 Zombie Foreclosure Report, which found that as of the end of January 2015, 142,462 homes actively in the foreclosure process had been vacated by the homeowners prior to the bank repossessing the property, representing 25 percent of all active foreclosures.
