It is still irrelant. Once again, the actual number is meaningless. What is important is the trend. I run the statisitcis function which also misses out on any listings that have sq ft listed as zero or have no sq ftage listed. All this is meaningless IMO. Watch the trend, that is what is important.
FWIW: Most of those listings your mentioning say something like this “LENDER OWNED…NOT A SHORT SALE” which is just another type of a distress sale. Actually, its beyond distressed already……..