Distressed

There are an estimated 46,000 vacant homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, a surprising number in a region beset by a crippling housing shortage.

Whatcom County in northwestern Washington state went from falling prices and plenty of inventory in 2009 to high prices and low inventory in 2019

November's foreclosure starts hit their lowest level since Black Knight started tracking this data in 2000, while the foreclosure rate reached a 14-year low.

Scores of homes destroyed or badly damaged by Memorial Day tornadoes still sit vacant and abandoned, creating new blight and safety concerns in neighborhoods.

The owner of the MacArthur Center Mall in Norfolk, Va., has defaulted on a $750 million loan which includes the property as collateral.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation aimed at getting mortgage companies to take quicker action on vacant properties.

Most commercial and multifamily loan delinquency rates remained near record lows in the third quarter extending a long run of declines in the securitized market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

In another sign of the hot real estate market in the Colorado Springs area, the number of mortgage foreclosures filed in El Paso County last month fell to a near-20-year low.

It's been two years since Taunton, Mass., City Solicitor Jason Buffington announced that a real turnaround was on the horizon for the forlorn and nearly vacant Whittenton Mills complex.

Mortgage prepayment levels were at their highest in over six years during October, as existing homeowners took advantage of the lower rates to refinance, or to a lesser extent, purchase a new residence, Black Knight said.