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Thursday, May 24, 2012

''Underwater Homeowners Owe $1.2 Trillion More than Homes' Worth''

that's nice.......From Market Watch

''Nearly one-third (31.4 percent) of U.S. homeowners with mortgages - or 15.7 million - were underwater on their mortgage in the first quarter of 2012, despite rising home values, according to the first quarter Zillow® Negative Equity Report[1]. Collectively, underwater homeowners owed $1.2 trillion more than their homes were worth. Negative equity rose slightly from 31.1 percent in the fourth quarter, and declined from 32.4 percent one year ago.''

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