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11/07/25
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ATTOM: Vacancy, Zombie Foreclosure Rates Down
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ATTOM: Vacancy, Zombie Foreclosure Rates Down
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its Q4 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, finding that 1.32% of residential properties in the U.S. were vacant. That amounts to about 1.4 million homes.
That’s down slightly from 1.33% in Q3.
There are 228,943 residential properties in the process of foreclosure, and about 3.25%, or 7,448, are deemed “zombie” properties. That’s down from 3.38% in the previous quarter.
ATTOM defines a zombie property as one that has been abandoned by its owner prior to the conclusion of the foreclosure proceedings.
“These continuously low vacancy rates that the nation has held steady at around 1.4% for nearly four years, show that record high prices haven’t dampened the demand for homes,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM. “It’s a good sign for local housing markets that even as we’ve seen foreclosure filings increase, the rate of homes in foreclosure that are abandoned is going down.”
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11/04/25
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Borrower sues PRMI, claims lender wrongly rejected payments and threatened foreclosure
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Borrower sues PRMI, claims lender wrongly rejected payments and threatened foreclosure
A Florida homeowner is taking on a national mortgage lender, alleging it wrongly rejected payments and threatened foreclosure despite years of on-time payments.
Victoria Rohn, a resident of West Palm Beach, has filed suit in federal court against Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (PRMI), claiming the company repeatedly mishandled her home loan and ignored clear evidence that she was never in default. The case, filed on October 29, 2025, in the Southern District of Florida, offers a close look at the challenges that can arise when servicing disputes escalate between borrower and lender.
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11/07/25
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New York court blocks Nationstar Mortgage from reviving stalled foreclosure case
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MPA Mag |
New York court blocks Nationstar Mortgage from reviving stalled foreclosure case
A New York court just shut down lenders’ ability to revive foreclosure cases after missing key deadlines.
On November 5, 2025, the Appellate Division, Second Department, handed down a decision in Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Oliveri that’s set to change how lenders approach foreclosure timelines in the state. If you’re in the mortgage business, this one’s worth your attention.
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