SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Negative home equity is a growing trend nationally and in the local real estate market, often the result of homeowners buying at the peak of the market with no money down.

Homeowner equity gains have slowed across the United States, with more borrowers falling into negative equity as home price growth stalls, according to a new report from property analytics firm ...

Negative equity happens when the value of an asset, like a car or home, is less than the remaining balance on the loan used to buy it. This is also known as being “underwater” or “upside down” on a ...

Home equity continued to rise in the second quarter of 2024 as residential properties with mortgages collectively gained $1.3 trillion in equity over the past year. But growth began to slow during ...

That does not mean the vehicles are submerged. In a sense, the drivers are. More than one in four trade-ins had negative equity in the third quarter of 2025, Edmunds reports. In auto industry parlance ...

That does not mean the vehicles are submerged. In a sense, the drivers are. More than one in four trade-ins had negative equity in the third quarter of 2025, Edmunds reports. In auto industry parlance ...