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The zombies are still haunting the Southwest Florida housing market, but they are taking a smaller bite.

Nearly 1.4 million residential properties were vacant as of the end of the third quarter, representing 1.58% of all U.S. residential properties, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Something of a Santa Cruz, Calif., institution, the Darling House bed and breakfast was sold for nearly $2.78 million cash in a foreclosure auction on the steps of the Santa Cruz County courthouse Thursday.

While foreclosure activity is a whisper of what it was at the peak of the crisis six years ago, Shasta County, Calif., had the third-highest foreclosure rate in California in the third quarter of 2017.

U.S. foreclosure activity dropped to a low not seen since 2006, according to Attom Data Solutions.

A lawyer has been convicted on federal fraud charges for scheming to provide falsified documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora, Ill.

In addition to hundreds of people made homeless quickly by Hurricane Irma, a Jacksonville, Fla., family may learn this week whether they, too, lost their house during the storm.

Niagara Falls, N.Y., officials have filed what they say is among the first regional legal claims under a new state law meant to arm governments against the spread of urban blight.

The rise in foreclosure filings for August over July was more than double the historic increase between these two months, said Attom Data Solutions.

New York City is working to create a database and system for tracking vacant and abandoned properties — though officials acknowledge Staten Islanders may not see the effects of the endeavor for years.