Top 10 U.S. States with Highest Shares of Underwater Mortgages in Foreclosure in Q2 2023
Industry Update
July 28, 2023
Source: ATTOM
According to ATTOM’s just released Q2 2023 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, 49 percent of mortgaged homes in the U.S. were considered equity-rich in Q2 2023. The report noted that the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured by those properties was no more than half of their estimated market values.
ATTOM’s latest home equity and underwater analysis reported that the portion of mortgaged homes that were equity-rich in Q2 2023 increased from 47 percent in Q1 2023, to the highest point in at least four years. The report noted that with home prices rebounding across the U.S., the level of equity-rich mortgage-payers went up from Q1 to Q2 2023 in 45 of the nation’s 50 states.
Also according to the report, less than 3 percent of mortgaged homes in the U.S., or one in 36, were considered seriously underwater in Q2 2023. The report noted that meant they had a combined estimated balance of loans secured by the property of at least 25 percent more than the property’s estimated market value.
ATTOM’s Q2 2023 home equity and underwater report also noted that the 2.8 percent of mortgaged-homes that were seriously underwater in the second quarter of this year was also the lowest point since at least 2019. According to the report, the latest figure was down from 3 percent in Q1 2023 and 2.9 in Q2 2022.
Also as mentioned in the report, only about 255,700 homeowners were facing possible foreclosure in Q2 2023, or about one in every 250 mortgaged residential properties in the U.S. The report noted that of those facing foreclosure, about 235,500, or 92 percent, had at least some equity built up in their homes.
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