negative equity

The country as a whole is now in negative equity.

However, the group has had negative equity at the end of each fiscal year since 2006.

It used to be that negative equity was only a real issue if you were forced to sell your home.

And now they are stuck in very high negative equity."

So it is difficult to accomplish a trade with another owner who has little or even negative equity.

Homeowners with negative equity have less financial incentive to stay in the home.

These new guidelines were developed to help borrowers with negative equity.

Then there's the cash: we are not in negative equity, but nor has the recession been kind.

At least 40 per cent of all Irish home owners are now in negative equity.

People (and companies) may also have negative equity, as reflected on their balance sheets.

At the end of March 2009, it had negative equity with liabilities two times higher than assets.

For many homeowners with negative equity, though, these options are not practicable.

One might come to have negative equity as a result of taking out a substantial, unsecured loan.

By contrast, millions of Americans whose homes are in negative equity would also be better off making "a strategic default".

I say this objectively, as I would be in negative equity should it happen.

"Negative equity," as this situation is called, can have a depressing effect on any homeowner's political outlook.

Negative equity would be eliminated as a risk.

Those with negative equity clearly benefit from higher prices, but many others gain from lower ones.

It is also common for negative equity to occur when the value of a property drops shortly after its purchase.

The group's balance sheet-based structure remained fragile due to negative equity.

The danger is default caused by income drop leading to homelessness, not negative equity.

Many home-owners were caught in a negative equity trap.

To the Editor: My husband and I are among the many victims of negative equity.

Thus, the Moneys had negative equity of almost $5,000.

Considerable financial hardship, car sold, negative equity on house and farm, mounting debts.