{"id":311,"date":"2018-09-20T00:27:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T00:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/2018\/09\/20\/25-of-homes-with-a-mortgage-are-now-equity-rich\/"},"modified":"2018-09-20T00:27:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T00:27:15","slug":"25-of-homes-with-a-mortgage-are-now-equity-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"25% of Homes with a Mortgage are Now Equity Rich!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141328\/20180919-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"25% of Homes with a Mortgage are Now Equity Rich! | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141328\/20180919-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141328\/20180919-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p>Rising home prices have been in the news a lot lately and much of the focus has been on whether home prices are accelerating too quickly, as well as how sustainable the growth in prices really is. One of the often-overlooked benefits of rising prices, however, is the impact that they have on a homeowner\u2019s equity position.<span id=\"more-38131\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Home equity is defined as the difference between the home\u2019s fair market value and the outstanding balance of all liens (loans) on the property. While homeowners pay down their mortgages, the amount of equity they have in their homes climbs each time the value of their homes go up!<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.attomdata.com\/news\/market-trends\/home-equity-underwater-report-q2-2018\/\">Equity Report<\/a><\/em> from <em>ATTOM Data Solutions, \u201c13.9 million U.S. properties in Q2 2018 were equity rich \u2014 where the combined estimated balance of loans secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property\u2019s estimated market value \u2014 representing 24.9% of all U.S. properties with a mortgage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This means that nearly a quarter of Americans who have a mortgage would be able to sell their homes and have a significant down payment toward their next home. Many who sell could also use their new-found equity to pay off high-interest credit cards or help children with tuition costs.<\/p>\n<p>The map below shows the percentage of properties with a mortgage in each state that were equity rich in Q2 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141342\/20180919-STM-ENG.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38133\" src=\"http:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141342\/20180919-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"25% of Homes with a Mortgage are Now Equity Rich! | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141342\/20180919-STM-ENG.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141342\/20180919-STM-ENG-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/12141342\/20180919-STM-ENG-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you are a homeowner looking to take advantage of your home equity by moving up to your dream home, let\u2019s get together to discuss your options!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising home prices have been in the news a lot lately and much of the focus has been on whether home prices are accelerating too quickly, as well as how sustainable the growth in prices really is. One of the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=311\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  25% of Homes with a Mortgage are Now Equity Rich!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}