Report: St. Louis has third-highest vacant house share in U.S.

ST. LOUIS -- A recent report from a real estate information firm states the St. Louis area has one of the highest shares of vacant houses in the country.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported California-based ATTOM Data Solutions found an estimated 5.9 percent of St. Louis' housing stock was vacant, totaling about 4,730 houses.

The report states St. Louis has the third-highest percentage of vacant houses within a single county or independent city. Baltimore has the largest proportion of vacancies at 7.8 percent of its housing stock, while Genesee County, Michigan, has 7 percent.

St. Clair County, which is in the St. Louis area, was also ranked in the report as having a high percentage of vacant houses. About 4.9 percent of the county's housing stock was vacant.

Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com