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Falling Home Prices Drag New Home Owners Under Water
(Reuters) - More than 1 million Americans who have taken out mortgages in the past two years now owe more on their loans than their homes are worth, and Federal Housing Administration loans that require only a tiny down payment are partly to blame.That figure, provided to Reuters by tracking firm CoreLogic, represents about one out of 10 home loans made during that period. As of December 2011, the latest figures available, 31 percent of the U.S. home loans that were in negative equity - in which the outstanding loan balance exceeds the value of the home - were FHA-insured mortgages, according to CoreLogic. Many borrowers, particularly since late 2010, thought they were buying at the bottom of a housing market that had already suffered steep declines, but have been caught out by a continued fall in prices in wide swaths of America. Definitely got the change, but confused about the hope part. Posted by: Snoter Speating5571 2012-04-28 |
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