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Associated Press - August 15, 2009 3:44 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A new report by a California-based real estate research firm shows that 25% of Arkansans making mortgage payments in the second quarter owed more than their homes were worth.
First American CoreLogic of Santa Ana, Calif., reports that almost 57,000 of the 225,000 mortgages in the state fall into "negative equity."
The company reports that another 21,000 Arkansas residential mortgages are within 5% of being in that condition.
Nationally, CoreLogic reports almost one-third of mortgages were categorized as being in negative equity.
CoreLogic determines the property's value based on its estimate of the value of every residential property in the country.
Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, http://www.arkansasonline.com
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