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According to latest government figures, the number of untenanted homes for sale went up from July to September. That demonstrates just how weak the housing market really is at the moment. The latest Census reports put the number of deserted houses at well over two million, an increase of around two percent from the previous quarter and fully seven percent beyond what it was twelve months ago.

This number is 5% less than the highest reached in the first three months of the year, however. For comparison's sake, think of metro Detroit which contained approximately 2.08 million houses as of the 2000 Census. Then imagine nearly every one of these properties unoccupied and sporting a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn along the entire route from downtown out to neighboring cities like Ann Arbor and Flint.

There are forever some homes vacant and for sale, even in a thriving real estate market. But the mixture of overbuilding by home builders in the middle of the decade and evils in mortgage markets this year that made it more tricky for buyers to get the funding they needed to purchase a home has puffed up the inventory of available homes on the marketplace.

Since the finance market condense has reduced the number of probable home buyers, some home owners have been forced to move out of their home before they can find a buyer for it. In addition, people who purchased homes or condos as financial reserves a couple years ago during the real estate and building boom have found the market for their possessions to be drastically weakened.

In only the last three years the number of unlived in homes for sale rose by 57 percent. And the situation is seen my some as only getting worse. To make sure that people stay in their houses some offer properties for rent back.

Some sell and rent back experts offer money for homes, quick home sell and rent back. Many choices are offered on the Internet if you wish to purchase the homes for sale. You can locate both single family houses and multi-family real estate online.