{"id":75550,"date":"2022-12-14T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=75550"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:07:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T20:07:55","slug":"pandemic-homebuyers-underwater-unlikely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/pandemic-homebuyers-underwater-unlikely\/","title":{"rendered":"Just 3 in 100 Pandemic Homebuyers Would Fall Underwater With Next Year\u2019s Projected 4% Home-Value Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent homebuyers in certain places, like Sacramento and Phoenix, are at higher risk of falling underwater on their mortgage, while Florida homeowners are at even lower risk. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Just 3.4% of U.S. homeowners who bought in the last two years would be underwater on their mortgage if home values were to fall 4% by the end of 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The typical home bought over the last two years will have <\/span>gained <\/span><\/i>$27,000 in value, even with prices falling 4% next year <\/span>as Redfin economists predict<\/span><\/a>. Prices would need to fall by double digits in 2023\u2013a highly <\/span>unlikely<\/span><\/a> scenario\u2013for the typical pandemic home purchase to <\/span>lose <\/span><\/i>value.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Change in home prices, Nov. 2022-Dec. 2023<\/b><\/td>\nShare of homeowners who would be underwater on their mortgage\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nChange in home value* for the typical homeowner\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
flat<\/span><\/td>\n1.6%<\/span><\/td>\n$44,279<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-4%<\/span><\/td>\n3.4%<\/span><\/td>\n$27,318<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-8%<\/span><\/td>\n6.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$10,950<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-12%<\/span><\/td>\n10.3%<\/span><\/td>\n-$5,026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homeowners who purchased their home between Jan. 2021 and Sept. 2022 only<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

*Relative to purchase price<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If home prices fall 8% in 2023\u2013more than the expected drop\u2013still just 6.3% of new homeowners would be underwater. Prices would need to fall about 12% for the share of underwater homeowners to reach double digits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is according to a Redfin analysis of county sale records for homes purchased from January 2021 through September 2022. For the analysis, we projected home values declining 4% from November 2022 to December 2023, with a home considered \u201cunderwater\u201d if we expect the homeowner to owe more on their mortgage-loan balance than the home is worth by the end of next year. We also considered a few other price-decline scenarios. Scroll to the bottom of this report for a more detailed methodology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowners who bought from January 2021 through September 2022 are likely to have low fixed mortgage payments and good enough credit to meet <\/span>tight lending standards<\/span><\/a>. And even though they haven\u2019t owned their home for long, those new homeowners are likely to have already earned plentiful equity because prices skyrocketed so much during the pandemic and because they were likely to have made <\/span>big down payments<\/span><\/a>. That\u2019s especially true for those who bought in 2021, when mortgage rates sat at record-low <\/span>3%<\/span><\/a> levels all year and home prices had yet to peak. Someone who bought a $400,000 home with a 3% rate would have a monthly payment just under $2,000; for the sake of comparison, the monthly payment would be $2,500 with a 6% rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Consider a homeowner who purchased their home in January 2021 for the then-median U.S. sale price of $329,000. Because of the pandemic homebuying frenzy, their home value has already increased about 20% to just under $400,000. Prices falling about 4% to $380,000 by the end of next year still leaves them with about $50,000 in home-price appreciation <\/span>without <\/span><\/i>accounting for the mortgage payments they have made in the last two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowners who bought before 2021 are even <\/span>less <\/span><\/i>likely to sink underwater with next year\u2019s anticipated price declines, partly because they have built up more equity and partly because many of them refinanced when rates were at an all-time low.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A foreclosure crisis is unlikely\u2013but middle-class homeowners may lose a substantial chunk of wealth with declining home values<\/h3>\n

\u201cEven with anticipated price declines, next year\u2019s housing downturn won\u2019t come anywhere close to the <\/span>foreclosure crisis<\/span><\/a> we saw during the Great Recession in most parts of the country,\u201d said Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari<\/a>. \u201cRecent homebuyers have enough equity\u2013both because they\u2019re likely to have made relatively large down payments with a low rate and because values rose so much so fast\u2013that most aren\u2019t at risk of owing more than their house is worth. Even if a homeowner is at risk of falling behind on their mortgage payments next year\u2013say they lose their job and inflation has claimed a big chunk of their savings\u2013having equity means they could sell instead of face foreclosure. It\u2019s also worth noting that not many Americans are expected to lose jobs next year, as even if the U.S. does enter a recession it\u2019s expected to be mild.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though a foreclosure crisis is highly unlikely, middle-class homeowners do stand to lose a substantial chunk of their wealth if home values fall, as a big share of their assets tend to be in real estate. The typical American earning the median income <\/span>holds about 38%<\/span><\/a> of their wealth in real estate, versus about 27% to 30% for higher earners. The share of wealth held in real estate has also increased more during the pandemic for middle-class homeowners than higher earners, rising about 4 percentage points for middle-class households and 2 to 3 percentage points for higher earners. But the loss would be temporary and only on paper for homeowners who don\u2019t sell soon, as home values are likely to increase once rates come down and the economy recovers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowners in popular pandemic destinations and expensive West Coast cities are at higher risk of falling underwater<\/h3>\n

Some parts of the U.S., including pandemic boomtowns and tech hot spots, are at higher risk of homeowners falling underwater. Just over 9% of recent Sacramento<\/a> homebuyers would be underwater with a 4% price drop, the highest share of the metros in this analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHome prices have dropped quickly and substantially after skyrocketing during the pandemic. It has been a shock to the system for homeowners and sellers, though they\u2019re getting used to the new reality,\u201d said Sacramento Redfin agent Alison Williams<\/a>. \u201cIn a way, a correction like this was inevitable; prices can\u2019t keep going up by double digits forever. And the silver lining is that people who have been hoping to buy their first home but were priced out may be able to enter the market when prices\u2013and hopefully rates\u2013come down next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The typical Sacramento home bought in the last two years would <\/span>lose <\/span><\/i>roughly $17,000 in value with a 4% price decline next year, one of just five metros in this analysis where homes would lose value at that size drop. The others are all tech towns, mostly in the Bay Area: San Francisco<\/a>, San Jose<\/a>, Oakland<\/a> and Seattle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of risk of falling underwater, after Sacramento comes Phoenix<\/a>, where 7.3% of recent buyers would fall underwater with a 4% price decline. Next come Virginia Beach<\/a> (7.3%), Oakland (6.6%) and Seattle (6.4%).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Phoenix homeowners are at relatively high risk of falling underwater for similar reasons as those in Sacramento: They\u2019re both among the <\/span>top 10 destinations<\/span><\/a> for relocating homebuyers, a major factor in prices shooting up about 30% in both metros from January 2021 to their May 2022 peak. They\u2019re two of just a few metros where prices have started <\/span>falling<\/span><\/a> year over year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia Beach homeowners are likely to have less-than-average equity because so many buyers there use 0%-down VA loans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowners in Oakland and Seattle are at risk because prices there are likely to fall faster than the rest of the country. They\u2019re both among the <\/span>fastest-cooling<\/span><\/a> markets in the U.S., partly because would-be buyers are feeling the sting of high rates and high prices as layoffs hit the tech industry and tech stocks stumble.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting that prices in pandemic boomtowns and tech towns are likely to fall <\/span>more <\/span><\/i>than the national average, which means a higher share of homeowners would fall underwater. With an 8% decline, 14.4% of new Sacramento homeowners would be underwater. It\u2019s 10.4% in Phoenix, 13.4% in Virginia Beach, 11.1% in Oakland and 10.1% in Seattle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowners in many parts of Florida are even less likely to fall underwater<\/h3>\n

Florida homeowners are least likely to fall underwater on their mortgage payments. With a 4% home-price drop in 2023, less than 0.5% of<\/span> homeowners who bought in the last two years in Miami<\/a>, Fort Lauderdale<\/a> or\u00a0 West Palm Beach<\/a> would be underwater. Those are the only U.S. metros of the places included in this analysis where nearly zero homeowners would be underwater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if home prices were to drop 12% in 2023, the typical new homeowner in those three metros would gain value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRecent homebuyers in parts of Florida are sitting pretty because home prices there have risen even more dramatically than they have in the rest of the country and they haven\u2019t come close to falling,\u201d Bokhari said. \u201cIn fact, prices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are still up by double digits from a year ago. Values in Florida are resilient because there\u2019s still a fair amount of demand from remote workers and retirees who are relocating from more expensive areas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Share of homeowners who would be underwater with home-price declines in 2023, by U.S. metro<\/b><\/p>\n

Ranked from least likely to most likely to be underwater on mortgage payments with a 4% price decline from Nov. 2022 to Dec. 2023<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

U.S. metro area<\/b><\/td>\nShare of homeowners who would be underwater on their mortgage (flat)<\/b><\/td>\nShare of homeowners who would be underwater on their mortgage (-4%)<\/b><\/td>\nShare of homeowners who would be underwater on their mortgage (-8%)<\/b><\/td>\nShare of homeowners who would be underwater on their mortgage (-12%)<\/b><\/td>\nChange in home value* for the typical homeowner (flat)<\/b><\/td>\nChange in home value* for the typical homeowner (-4%)<\/b><\/td>\nChange in home value* for the typical homeowner (-8%)<\/b><\/td>\nChange in home value* for the typical homeowner (-12%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sacramento, CA<\/span><\/td>\n5.2%<\/span><\/td>\n9.2%<\/span><\/td>\n14.4%<\/span><\/td>\n20.9%<\/span><\/td>\n$3,847<\/span><\/td>\n-$17,355<\/span><\/td>\n-$38,473<\/span><\/td>\n-$59,767<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phoenix, AZ<\/span><\/td>\n4.9%<\/span><\/td>\n7.3%<\/span><\/td>\n10.4%<\/span><\/td>\n14.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$23,708<\/span><\/td>\n$6,403<\/span><\/td>\n-$11,004<\/span><\/td>\n-$28,572<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Beach, VA<\/span><\/td>\n2.9%<\/span><\/td>\n7.3%<\/span><\/td>\n13.4%<\/span><\/td>\n21.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$32,817<\/span><\/td>\n$20,053<\/span><\/td>\n$7,267<\/span><\/td>\n-$5,540<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakland, CA<\/span><\/td>\n3.4%<\/span><\/td>\n6.6%<\/span><\/td>\n11.1%<\/span><\/td>\n16.6%<\/span><\/td>\n$4,288<\/span><\/td>\n-$27,279<\/span><\/td>\n-$59,496<\/span><\/td>\n-$92,304<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seattle, WA<\/span><\/td>\n3.6%<\/span><\/td>\n6.4%<\/span><\/td>\n10.1%<\/span><\/td>\n15.6%<\/span><\/td>\n$17,601<\/span><\/td>\n-$9,309<\/span><\/td>\n-$36,589<\/span><\/td>\n-$64,219<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicago, IL<\/span><\/td>\n3.2%<\/span><\/td>\n6.3%<\/span><\/td>\n11.3%<\/span><\/td>\n18.4%<\/span><\/td>\n$15,631<\/span><\/td>\n$4,119<\/span><\/td>\n-$7,388<\/span><\/td>\n-$19,199<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Las Vegas, NV<\/span><\/td>\n3.5%<\/span><\/td>\n6.0%<\/span><\/td>\n9.2%<\/span><\/td>\n13.2%<\/span><\/td>\n$26,931<\/span><\/td>\n$11,167<\/span><\/td>\n-$4,553<\/span><\/td>\n-$20,624<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minneapolis, MN<\/span><\/td>\n1.8%<\/span><\/td>\n5.0%<\/span><\/td>\n10.7%<\/span><\/td>\n18.9%<\/span><\/td>\n$13,913<\/span><\/td>\n$483<\/span><\/td>\n-$12,969<\/span><\/td>\n-$26,604<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denver, CO<\/span><\/td>\n1.8%<\/span><\/td>\n4.3%<\/span><\/td>\n7.5%<\/span><\/td>\n12.1%<\/span><\/td>\n$38,579<\/span><\/td>\n$17,326<\/span><\/td>\n-$4,182<\/span><\/td>\n-$26,020<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portland, OR<\/span><\/td>\n1.7%<\/span><\/td>\n4.2%<\/span><\/td>\n8.4%<\/span><\/td>\n14.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$27,964<\/span><\/td>\n$7,372<\/span><\/td>\n-$13,177<\/span><\/td>\n-$34,158<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington, DC<\/span><\/td>\n1.5%<\/span><\/td>\n4.2%<\/span><\/td>\n9.5%<\/span><\/td>\n17.5%<\/span><\/td>\n$33,875<\/span><\/td>\n$13,684<\/span><\/td>\n-$6,102<\/span><\/td>\n-$26,101<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pittsburgh, PA<\/span><\/td>\n2.0%<\/span><\/td>\n4.1%<\/span><\/td>\n8.7%<\/span><\/td>\n15.2%<\/span><\/td>\n$20,454<\/span><\/td>\n$10,881<\/span><\/td>\n$1,372<\/span><\/td>\n-$8,008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riverside, CA<\/span><\/td>\n1.5%<\/span><\/td>\n3.8%<\/span><\/td>\n7.1%<\/span><\/td>\n11.2%<\/span><\/td>\n$58,711<\/span><\/td>\n$36,897<\/span><\/td>\n$14,990<\/span><\/td>\n-$6,779<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Diego, CA<\/span><\/td>\n2.0%<\/span><\/td>\n3.7%<\/span><\/td>\n6.1%<\/span><\/td>\n9.4%<\/span><\/td>\n$91,539<\/span><\/td>\n$60,198<\/span><\/td>\n$28,641<\/span><\/td>\n-$2,785<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philadelphia, PA<\/span><\/td>\n2.1%<\/span><\/td>\n3.7%<\/span><\/td>\n7.2%<\/span><\/td>\n12.0%<\/span><\/td>\n$37,374<\/span><\/td>\n$25,203<\/span><\/td>\n$13,357<\/span><\/td>\n$1,832<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Detroit, MI<\/span><\/td>\n1.7%<\/span><\/td>\n3.5%<\/span><\/td>\n7.0%<\/span><\/td>\n12.1%<\/span><\/td>\n$21,571<\/span><\/td>\n$13,615<\/span><\/td>\n$5,772<\/span><\/td>\n-$1,839<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltimore, MD<\/span><\/td>\n1.6%<\/span><\/td>\n3.5%<\/span><\/td>\n7.5%<\/span><\/td>\n13.7%<\/span><\/td>\n$35,194<\/span><\/td>\n$21,128<\/span><\/td>\n$7,087<\/span><\/td>\n-$6,884<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren, MI<\/span><\/td>\n1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n3.0%<\/span><\/td>\n6.7%<\/span><\/td>\n12.2%<\/span><\/td>\n$22,669<\/span><\/td>\n$12,059<\/span><\/td>\n$1,591<\/span><\/td>\n-$8,782<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlanta, GA<\/span><\/td>\n1.1%<\/span><\/td>\n2.7%<\/span><\/td>\n4.9%<\/span><\/td>\n7.6%<\/span><\/td>\n$53,310<\/span><\/td>\n$38,618<\/span><\/td>\n$23,777<\/span><\/td>\n$8,874<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nashville, TN<\/span><\/td>\n1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n2.6%<\/span><\/td>\n4.7%<\/span><\/td>\n7.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$66,828<\/span><\/td>\n$50,395<\/span><\/td>\n$33,785<\/span><\/td>\n$16,846<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Columbus, OH<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n2.4%<\/span><\/td>\n5.5%<\/span><\/td>\n9.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$33,329<\/span><\/td>\n$21,730<\/span><\/td>\n$10,092<\/span><\/td>\n-$1,766<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/td>\n0.9%<\/span><\/td>\n2.3%<\/span><\/td>\n4.5%<\/span><\/td>\n7.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$75,442<\/span><\/td>\n$42,036<\/span><\/td>\n$8,720<\/span><\/td>\n-$24,666<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Jose, CA<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n2.2%<\/span><\/td>\n4.1%<\/span><\/td>\n7.2%<\/span><\/td>\n$25,981<\/span><\/td>\n-$17,868<\/span><\/td>\n-$61,043<\/span><\/td>\n-$105,076<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cleveland, OH<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n2.2%<\/span><\/td>\n4.6%<\/span><\/td>\n8.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$27,260<\/span><\/td>\n$18,645<\/span><\/td>\n$10,182<\/span><\/td>\n$1,866<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/td>\n1.1%<\/span><\/td>\n2.1%<\/span><\/td>\n3.7%<\/span><\/td>\n6.4%<\/span><\/td>\n-$22,991<\/span><\/td>\n-$69,515<\/span><\/td>\n-$119,110<\/span><\/td>\n-$170,637<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacksonville, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.9%<\/span><\/td>\n2.0%<\/span><\/td>\n3.7%<\/span><\/td>\n5.7%<\/span><\/td>\n$62,535<\/span><\/td>\n$48,808<\/span><\/td>\n$35,198<\/span><\/td>\n$21,563<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cincinnati, OH<\/span><\/td>\n0.8%<\/span><\/td>\n1.9%<\/span><\/td>\n4.3%<\/span><\/td>\n8.1%<\/span><\/td>\n$36,459<\/span><\/td>\n$25,949<\/span><\/td>\n$15,391<\/span><\/td>\n$4,796<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlotte, NC<\/span><\/td>\n0.8%<\/span><\/td>\n1.8%<\/span><\/td>\n3.8%<\/span><\/td>\n6.3%<\/span><\/td>\n$56,207<\/span><\/td>\n$41,664<\/span><\/td>\n$26,987<\/span><\/td>\n$12,163<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newark, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n1.7%<\/span><\/td>\n3.1%<\/span><\/td>\n5.5%<\/span><\/td>\n$76,897<\/span><\/td>\n$55,750<\/span><\/td>\n$34,963<\/span><\/td>\n$14,529<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Providence, RI<\/span><\/td>\n0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n1.6%<\/span><\/td>\n4.1%<\/span><\/td>\n7.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$54,631<\/span><\/td>\n$37,789<\/span><\/td>\n$21,483<\/span><\/td>\n$5,260<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York, NY<\/span><\/td>\n0.9%<\/span><\/td>\n1.4%<\/span><\/td>\n2.6%<\/span><\/td>\n4.7%<\/span><\/td>\n$75,226<\/span><\/td>\n$45,024<\/span><\/td>\n$16,437<\/span><\/td>\n-$11,271<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tampa, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.5%<\/span><\/td>\n1.3%<\/span><\/td>\n2.9%<\/span><\/td>\n4.7%<\/span><\/td>\n$76,782<\/span><\/td>\n$62,118<\/span><\/td>\n$47,621<\/span><\/td>\n$33,152<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milwaukee, WI<\/span><\/td>\n0.6%<\/span><\/td>\n1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n2.5%<\/span><\/td>\n5.1%<\/span><\/td>\n$35,307<\/span><\/td>\n$23,803<\/span><\/td>\n$12,313<\/span><\/td>\n$1,176<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orlando, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n2.8%<\/span><\/td>\n4.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$68,731<\/span><\/td>\n$53,738<\/span><\/td>\n$38,862<\/span><\/td>\n$24,161<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery County, PA<\/span><\/td>\n0.4%<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n2.5%<\/span><\/td>\n5.5%<\/span><\/td>\n$50,390<\/span><\/td>\n$33,272<\/span><\/td>\n$16,246<\/span><\/td>\n-$900<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anaheim, CA<\/span><\/td>\n0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n1.0%<\/span><\/td>\n1.9%<\/span><\/td>\n3.5%<\/span><\/td>\n$123,376<\/span><\/td>\n$85,570<\/span><\/td>\n$48,947<\/span><\/td>\n$12,345<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Brunswick, NJ<\/span><\/td>\n0.4%<\/span><\/td>\n0.8%<\/span><\/td>\n1.9%<\/span><\/td>\n4.0%<\/span><\/td>\n$72,101<\/span><\/td>\n$53,069<\/span><\/td>\n$33,837<\/span><\/td>\n$14,958<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Palm Beach, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.2%<\/span><\/td>\n0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n1.4%<\/span><\/td>\n$105,862<\/span><\/td>\n$88,158<\/span><\/td>\n$71,012<\/span><\/td>\n$54,538<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fort Lauderdale, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.1%<\/span><\/td>\n0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n1.8%<\/span><\/td>\n$90,644<\/span><\/td>\n$74,308<\/span><\/td>\n$58,812<\/span><\/td>\n$43,931<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami, FL<\/span><\/td>\n0.1%<\/span><\/td>\n0.2%<\/span><\/td>\n0.5%<\/span><\/td>\n1.4%<\/span><\/td>\n$115,608<\/span><\/td>\n$94,621<\/span><\/td>\n$74,040<\/span><\/td>\n$54,299<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homeowners who purchased their home between Jan. 2021 and Sept. 2022 only<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

*Relative to purchase price<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Methodology<\/h3>\n

For this analysis, we looked at county sale records for homes purchased from January 2021 through September 2022. We calculated the percentage of those purchases that would potentially be underwater if home values were to decline by 4% from November 2022 to December 2023. We also considered potential price declines of 0%, 8% and 12%.\u00a0 A home is at risk of falling \u201cunderwater\u201d if the homeowner will owe more than what their home is projected to be worth in December 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To calculate their estimated home value in December 2023 with the projected 4% decline, we used 96% of the home\u2019s Redfin Estimate as of November 2022. We compared that to their projected outstanding mortgage loan balance at that time, using information about the original mortgage amount and the average Freddie Mac PMMS weekly mortgage rate four weeks prior to the closed home sale. We only considered fixed-rate mortgages and all-cash purchases; we removed adjustable-rate mortgages because those borrowers\u2019 financial situation will depend on the prevailing rates in December 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We analyzed home sales in the 50 most populous U.S. metros, but only included 40 in this report due to non-disclosure of sale prices in some counties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We only considered homeowners who bought recently because mortgage rates were low enough in 2021 and early 2022 that many people who already owned homes refinanced during that time. The large share of refinancers means it\u2019s not feasible to provide an accurate estimate of how many overall homeowners would be underwater with the projected price decline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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