Fewer vacant houses in central Ohio, US

Despite the Halloween season, the number of “zombie” properties is declining.

Real-estate information service Attom Data Solutions found that 1.368 million U.S. houses were vacant at the end of September, representing 1.58 percent of all homes, down from 1.63 percent a year earlier.

In the Columbus area, 6,597 homes were empty at the end of September, down from 6,877 a year earlier.

That figure represents 1.1 percent of all Columbus-area homes.

Among the 149 metropolitan areas with at least 100,000 homes, Flint, Michigan, had the highest vacancy rate of 6.9 percent, followed by Youngstown, where 4.5 percent of homes are vacant.

In Cincinnati, 1.4 percent of homes were vacant; in Canton, 2.3 percent; in Akron, 2.4 percent; in Cleveland, 2.8 percent; in Dayton, 2.9 percent; in Toledo, 3.2 percent. The vacancy rate declined in all those cities during the past year except in Dayton, where it rose 3 percent. serve clients in the retail, defense and health-care sectors, according to an announcement from the Columbus Regional Airport Authority.

For the year through September, international cargo shipments are up nearly 70 percent at Rickenbacker, while total cargo volume (domestic and international) is up 28 percent overall. memorandum of understanding to settle all claims in two classaction lawsuits filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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