Zombie Home Foreclosure Numbers Increase in 38 US States

In this The Epoch Times article, Naveen Athrappully reports that “zombie” foreclosures rose across most of the country in the second quarter of 2026, adding another warning sign to an already strained housing market.

• Zombie foreclosures are homes abandoned by owners before the foreclosure process is finished, leaving properties in legal and financial limbo.
• ATTOM reported that 245,376 U.S. residential properties were in foreclosure during the second quarter of 2026.
• Of those properties, 8,312 were classified as zombie foreclosures, or 3.4 percent of homes in the foreclosure process.
• That rate was slightly higher than the 3.3 percent reported in the first quarter.
• Zombie foreclosure numbers increased in Washington, D.C., and 38 of the 50 states.
• Georgia saw the largest quarterly increase among states with at least 100 zombie properties, rising 98 percent to 101 properties.
• North Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, and South Carolina also posted notable increases.
• The broader picture is still not a 2008-style collapse, but it does show how higher costs, tighter credit, and a pressured housing market are leaving more homeowners unable or unwilling to stay in properties caught in foreclosure.
• The trend is another reminder that the Biden-era housing affordability crisis did not simply disappear with a new administration; the damage from inflation, high rates, and years of distorted housing policy is still working its way through American neighborhoods.

Read the full story: https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/zombie-home-foreclosure-numbers-increase-in-38-us-states-6036275?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily