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Real estate data statistics 2026
Counts of absentee owners, home equity, vacant homes and foreclosure auctions in 50 large US cities, from DealMachine data as of August 18, 2026. Each report gives the count for every city and how it was counted.
Counts as of August 18, 2026 · 50 large US cities · How we counted
Reports
Absentee owner statistics 2026: 50 large US cities
In 49 large US cities (New York is left out; see how we counted), 41.0% of the properties DealMachine data marks as owner-occupied or absentee-owned have an owner who lives somewhere else (6,229,771 of 15,212,021).Read the reportHome equity statistics 2026: 50 large US cities
Across the 50 cities, DealMachine data counts 6.5 high-equity properties (60% equity or more) for every low-equity one (20% or less): 11,487,574 against 1,764,459.Read the reportVacant home and foreclosure auction statistics 2026: 50 large US cities
Detroit has the most vacant homes of the 50 cities: 33,808, 8.9% of the 381,534 across all 50.Read the reportHow we counted
- The counts come from DealMachine's property search on August 18, 2026, the same counts DealMachine's city search pages show for each kind of property.
- Each city is the city itself, as its boundary appears in DealMachine data, not its metro area.
- DealMachine data is built from county property records, deed and mortgage records and other public records, matched to each property and updated as the records change.
- Counts are exact. Shares and ratios are rounded to one decimal place.
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