U.S. Completed Foreclosures & Homeowner Vacancy Rate

Homes lost to foreclosure vs. share of owner units vacant and for sale  ·  CoreLogic & Census ACS  ·  2005 – 2016

Completed Foreclosures (left) — peak 1,178,234 (2010)
Homeowner Vacancy Rate (right) — peak 2.7% (2008)
Crisis Era (2007–2016) — 7,782,686 homes
Completed Foreclosures
Peak
1,178,234
2010
Trough
293,541
2005
First Year
293,541
2005
Final Year
385,748
2016
Homeowner Vacancy Rate
Peak
2.7%
2008
Trough
1.7%
2005
First Year
1.7%
2005
Final Year
1.8%
2016
How The Two Series Line Up
Peak Lag
2 yrs
vacancy 2008 → foreclosures 2010
Correlation
0.73
same year, 2005–2016
Lagged Correlation
0.84
vacancy led 2 yrs
Total Homes Lost
8,459,264
2005–2016