2.5 million mortgage borrowers no longer underwater

Miami has the highest percentage of underwater borrowers among metro areas.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

By the end of June, 7.1 million, or 14.5%, of mortgage borrowers remained underwater on their loans compared with 9.6 million, or 19.7%, at the end of the first quarter, CoreLogic reported. In late 2009, during the worst of the housing market's meltdown, 26% of all borrowers owed more on their mortgages than they were worth.

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The improvement is mainly due to soaring home prices, which jumped 7% during the quarter and more than 12% year-over-year, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index. The increases have pushed home equity values high enough to bring many homeowners back into positive territory on their home loans.

"In the first half of 2013, almost three and a half million homeowners have returned to positive equity," said Mark Fleming, CoreLogics's chief economist.

He warned, however, that the trend will likely slow as the pace of home price increasesstarts to steady.

With fewer borrowers underwater, more homeowners will likely put homes up for sale because they know they can get cash out of the deal and won't have to take the hit on their credit score that accompanies a short sale, deals in which homes are sold for less than what a seller owes their bank, he said.

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At 36.4%, Nevada had the highest percentage of mortgage borrowers who were still underwater, according to CoreLogic. About 31.5% of Florida's borrowers were still underwater during the quarter; 24.7% of Arizona's; 22.5% of Michigan's; and 20.7% of Georgia's.

The Miami metro area, with 36.5%, had the highest percentage of homeowners who are still underwater among cities, followed by Tampa, Fla., (33.8%), Phoenix (25.6%), Riverside, Calif., (24.8%) and Warren, Mich., (24.3%).

First Published: September 10, 2013: 8:06 AM ET

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