In a healthy housing market about 5 percent of homeowners are underwater but as of December 2010, more than 23.1 % of all mortgaged homes were worth less than the amount owed on the home. In December home prices reached their lowest point since the housing bust in 11 of 20 major U.S. metro areas.
More than 23% of mortgaged homes are underwater
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