Which States Have the Most Underwater Homes?
The most troubled borrowers are in NV. Of all mortgaged properties in the Silver State, 59 percent of them are in a negative equity situation. Following in second place is FL, with 43 percent of its mortgages underwater (find which areas in Florida are appreciating the fastest). Rounding out the top five states with the highest numbers of negative equity borrowers are AZ with 40 percent, GA with 36 percent, and MI with 33 percent. CoreLogic's report noted that these five states are responsible for 34.1 percent of the nation's total number of underwater mortgages.
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It was revealed that most of the underwater mortgages exist in the low end of the market, or homes valued at less than $200,00.00. It was acknowledged that most of these borrowers are continuing to pay their mortgages. In fact, the report showed that among those borrowers, 84.9 percent were current at the close of 2012's second quarter.
Analysts at CoreLogic maintain that if home prices continue to rise, borrowers could soon escape their negative equity situations.
Source: http://www.corelogic.com/about-us/researchtrends/asset_upload_file448_16434.pdf