Of those, negative equity, also referred to as being "upside down" or "underwater," may be the most daunting hurdle to jump over. More than 27 percent of U.S. homeowners who had a mortgage were in a negative home equity position or had less than 5 percent equity in their home as of Sept. 30, according to CoreLogic, a real estate data service in Santa Ana, Calif.
Negative equity is heavily concentrated in five states: Nevada, where 67 percent of homeowners who had a mortgage were upside down, Arizona (49 percent), Florida (46 percent), Michigan (38 percent) and California (32 percent). Those figures mean substantial numbers of homeowners in those states have no chance of getting a home equity loan, even if they meet the income and credit score guidelines.
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