712,000 Homes in the US Regained Equity in the Past 12 Months! CoreLogic’s latest Equity Report revealed that “over the past 12 months, 712,000 borrowers moved into positive equity.” This is great news, as the share of homeowners with negative equity (those who owe more than their home is worth), has dropped more than 20% since the peak in Q4 of 2009 (26%) to 4.9% today. The report also revealed: The average homeowner gained approximately $14,900 in equity during the past year. Compared to Q3 2016, negative equity decreased 22% from 3.2 million homes, or 6.3% of all mortgaged properties. U.S. homeowners with mortgages ( roughly 63% of all homeowners ) have seen their equity increase by a total of $870.6 billion since Q3 2016, an increase of 11.8%, year-over-year. The map below shows the percentage of homes by state with a mortgage and positive equity. (The states in gray have insufficient data to report.) Significant Equity Is on The Rise Frank Nothaft, Ch...
