By Clare Trapasso | realtor.com
Zombies are great for TV, great for movies and books, seemingly even great for the national psyche. But there’s one place where they are not so great: the housing market. Zombie homes—aka ghost houses, shuttered homes, or “Why the hell is that place still empty”? homes—are sometimes clear signposts of neighborhoods or entire regions in serious economic trouble. Other times they’re just vacation or investment homes that seem to stay empty forever. And ever.
But here’s the positive news: There are now fewer vacant homes across the United States, as home-hungry buyers rush to fill them.