Tag Archives: Underwater

DS News sat down with Xome’s CEO to discuss such hot-button topics as the current state of the industry and the auction process.

While negative equity has dipped nationwide in the second quarter, the average U.S. homeowner has netted an average gain of $51,500 since Q2 of 2020.

With the potential for home values to fall, there is a significant chance that equity levels could drop over the coming months while underwater levels rise.

Far more U.S. homes are likely to be equity-rich than seriously underwater, but in some areas of the country, this statistic is reversed. Here are the areas where borrowers are struggling—and why.

Overall, the U.S. housing market has been strong, but in a few communities across the country, signs of weakness have begun to show. Find out which communities may be at risk for a crash.

The economy has continued to grow since the recession ended in 2009, and a new report takes a look at what part housing has played.

During the height of the housing crisis, approximately 30 percent of homeowners were in negative equity, owing more than what their homes were worth. A decade later, how have those numbers changed? Click through to read a recent report providing new insights into underwater mortgages.

The bad news is that 67 million homes in the United States are seriously underwater. The good news is that that number hasn’t gotten worse.

Is it possible that what we know as underwater homes could completely change to something just as problematic for the housing market in the next century?

What are the factors driving the increase in home equity, and what are the expectations for 2016?