Industry Data

NORTHEASTERN HOUSING MARKETS REMAIN MOST AT RISK OF ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

ATTOM Data Solutions released its third-quarter 2020 Special Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are vulnerable to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. The report shows that pockets of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions were most at risk in the third quarter—with clusters in the New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. areas—while the West and now Midwest are less vulnerable. The report reveals that

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Zombie Foreclosures on the Upswing

More U.S. homes fall into vacant zombie foreclosure realm in third quarter of 2020. ATTOM Data Solutions’ third quarter 2020 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report revealed that 1,570,265 residential properties in the U.S. are vacant. That’s 1.6% of all homes. The report analyzespublicly recorded real estate data collected by ATTOM Data Solutions, including foreclosure status, equity and owner-occupancy status, matched against monthly updated vacancy data. The third quarter analysis

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COVID-19: A Game Changer for Multifamily

The COVID-19 pandemic ended years of healthy multifamily fundamentals. Will the industry’s pain be short-lived or the start of a new trend that is less favorable for the sector? After nearly a decade of solid growth, multifamily asking rents dropped 0.4% nationally in April and May, with twice as many metros seeing rents decline (71) as increase (35), according to a study of 107 U.S. metros by Yardi Matrix. Metros

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Foreclosure Buyers Moving Online in Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-10’s impact on real estate investing Auction.com’s recently released second quarter 2020 Foreclosure Buyer Insights report focuses on buyer outlook, sentiment and acquisition strategies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing market turmoil. The data in the report comes from two surveys. One was conducted in February before national emergency declarations, and the second in April after the national emergency declarations. The surveys were sent to buyers who had

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Which U.S. Housing Markets Are Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus Impact?

Nearly half of the 50 most vulnerable counties are in New Jersey and Florida. ATTOM Data Solutions released a special report on April 7 spotlighting U.S. housing markets at the county level to show which areas are more vulnerable to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the report, the Northeast region of the U.S. has the largest concentration of the most at-risk counties, with clusters in New Jersey

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Vacant “Zombie” Foreclosures Increase Nationally

ATTOM Data Solutions, Q1 2020 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, released at the end of February, analyzed publicly recorded real estate data collected by ATTOM Data Solutions, including foreclosure status, equity and owner-occupancy status, matched against monthly updated vacancy data. According to the report, about 282,800 homes are in the process of foreclosure, with about 8,700, or 3.1% sitting empty as “zombie” foreclosures. The percentage is up from 3%

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