It’s a great time to be a homeowner: ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said home equity rose sharply in the first quarter, with equity-rich properties in the U.S. outnumbering seriously underwater homes by a 7-1 margin.
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ATTOM: 4Q Home Equity Improves
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its fourth-quarter U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which noted an increase to 17.8 million residential properties in the United States considered equity-rich—the combined estimated amount of loans secured by those properties was 50 percent or less of their estimated market value.
CoreLogic: Borrowers Gain $6 Trillion in Home Equity Since End of Great Recession
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said U.S. homeowners with mortgages—representing 63% of all properties—have seen their equity increase by 6.5% year over year, representing a gain of $590 billion since 2019.
ATTOM: Pre-COVID-19, Steady Rates for Equity-Rich Homeowners
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said data gathered before the impact of the coronavirus pandemic showed equity-rich American homeowners dipped slightly in the first quarter, even as the share of seriously underwater homeowners edged up.
The Pendulum Swings Back: Homeowners 4X Likely to be Equity-Rich than Seriously Underwater
In another sign of the times that the housing market—and homeowners—have largely recovered, ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said equity-rich properties now outnumber seriously underwater properties by a four-to-one margin.