{"id":993,"date":"2019-03-11T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/homeowners-with-negative-equity-increased-by-35000-in-q4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:13:09","slug":"homeowners-with-negative-equity-increased-by-35000-in-q4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/homeowners-with-negative-equity-increased-by-35000-in-q4\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowners with Negative Equity Increased by 35,000 in Q4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Homeowners with Negative Equity Increased by 35,000 in Q4<\/h2>\n<h6><em>CoreLogic&#8217;s fourth-quarter report showed average homeowner gained $9,700 in home equity over the last four quarters, but the quarterly increase in negative equity was the first increase in three years.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corelogic.com\/insights\/homeowner-equity-report.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoreLogic&#8217;s Home Equity Report<\/a> for the fourth quarter of 2018 has a little something for everyone. The report shows that U.S. <a href=\"homeowners-stay-homes-average-7-years-sunny-cities\/\">homeowners<\/a> with mortgages (roughly 63 percent of all properties) have seen their equity increase by 8.1 percent year over year, representing a gain of nearly $678.4 billion since the fourth quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the average homeowner gained $9,700 in home equity between the fourth quarter of 2017 and the fourth quarter of 2018. While home equity grew in almost every state in the nation, western states experienced the most significant annual increases. Nevada homeowners gained an average of approximately $29,400 in home equity, while Hawaii homeowners gained an average of approximately $26,900 and Idaho homeowners gained an average of $24,700. California homeowners experienced the fourth-highest growth with an average increase of approximately $19,600 in home equity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/large-Corelogic-Fig.jpg\" alt=\"negative equity\" width=\"1000\" height=\"710\"><\/p>\n<p>From the Q3 to Q4, the total number of mortgaged homes in negative equity increased 1.6 percent to 2.2 million homes or 4.2 percent of all mortgaged properties. This was the first quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of 2015. Despite that quarter-over-quarter increase, on a year-over-year basis, the number of mortgaged properties in negative equity fell 14 percent, or by 351,000, from 2.6 million homes \u2013 or 4.9 percent of all mortgaged properties \u2013 in the fourth quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur forecast for the CoreLogic Home Price Index predicts there will be a a 4.5 percent increase in our national index from December 2018 to the end of 2019,\u201d said Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic. \u201cIf all homes experience this gain, this would lift about 350,000 homeowners from being underwater and restore positive equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Negative equity, often referred to as being underwater or upside down, applies to borrowers who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Negative equity can occur because of a decline in a home\u2019s value, an increase in <a href=\"housing-recovery-reduce-household-mortgage-debt\/\">mortgage debt<\/a> or both. Negative equity peaked at 26 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the fourth quarter of 2009, based on the CoreLogic equity data analysis, which began in the third quarter of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The national aggregate value of negative equity was approximately $300.3 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018. This is up approximately $17.4 billion from $282.9 billion in the third quarter of 2018 and up year over year by approximately $14.4 billion from $285.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As home prices rise, significantly more people are choosing to remodel, repair or upgrade their existing homes. The increase in home equity over the past several years provides homeowners with the means to finance home remodels and repairs,\u201d said Frank Martell, president and CEO of CoreLogic. \u201cWith rates still ultra-low by historical standards, home-equity loans provide a low-cost method to finance home-improvement spending. These expenditures are expected to rise 5 percent in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeowners with Negative Equity Increased by 35,000 in Q4 CoreLogic&#8217;s fourth-quarter report showed average homeowner gained $9,700 in home equity over the last four quarters, but the quarterly increase in negative equity was the first increase in three years. CoreLogic&#8217;s Home Equity Report for the fourth quarter of 2018 has a little something for everyone. 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