Vacant Buildings in Seattle
Active vacant-building violations across Seattle, pulled from the city's open code-enforcement records. Vacant flags are the strongest single-signal a wholesaler can scan for — an owner who walked away.
809
Active violations
450
Distinct addresses
Vacant Building
Top type
450
Vacant buildings
139
New (90d)
2006-04-21
Oldest open
Seattle has 450 addresses flagged with active Vacant Building violations. 139 new vacant-building cases were opened in the last 90 days — up 99% from the prior quarter. The oldest active vacant violation dates to 2006-04-21. Vacant Building is the strongest stand-alone distress signal in the data set.
- 20% of addresses here carry 3 or more open violations
- Vacant-building density here is 22.7× the citywide average
- 1.3× the citywide average for violations per address
Sample addresses with active violations
| Address | Violation type | Opened | Deal score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9833 RAINIER AVE S | Emergency | 2006-04-21 | 🔒 Score |
| 9340 55TH AVE S | Construction | 2009-02-12 | 🔒 Score |
| 13550 AURORA AVE N | Land Use | 2010-07-23 | 🔒 Score |
| 133 NE 60TH ST | Vacant Building | 2011-05-19 | 🔒 Score |
| 2219 SW ANDOVER ST | Construction | 2013-08-06 | 🔒 Score |
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Common questions
- How many vacant buildings are there in Seattle?
- Seattle has 450 properties flagged as vacant buildings, carrying 809 active code violations as of 2026-08-08.
- How do I look up code violations in Seattle?
- Seattle publishes code enforcement cases as open data. You can search this map by address, or follow FlaggedLeads' step-by-step guide to looking up code violations to check any property in any city.