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.

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 ...

U.S. homeowners lost a portion of their pandemic-era wealth gains in the third quarter as cooling home prices and heavier leverage began to erode equity, according to a new report from property data ...

Two elements of auto financing clearly surfaced when Edmunds reviewed its second-quarter data. Analysts found that negative equity is still a notable factor, and consumers are often seeking elongated ...

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 ...

If your car's current value is less than the amount you owe, you have negative equity. This is also known as being upside down on your auto loan. When the time comes to purchase a new car, having ...