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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Falling home prices hit one California town hard]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mandftoday/" rel="tag">Money and Finance Today</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/economic-data/" rel="tag">Economic Data</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/housing/" rel="tag">Housing</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/12/house.jpg" />As home prices continue to weaken, more and more homeowners are facing the real possibility that their homes will wind up "underwater" before the market starts to rebound. Of all the areas in the country that are facing tough times, the worst of times are being felt in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/business/11home.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin">California city of Mountain House</a>.<br /><br />So what exactly does it mean to have your house underwater? Simply put, a mortgage goes underwater when the balance a homeowner owes on his house is more than the house is worth. <br /><br />Just how bad has the situation gotten in Mountain House? The figures are staggering. According to figures released yesterday, roughly 90% of all homeowners in Mountain House are now facing mortgages that are underwater. Nine out of every 10 homeowners woke up this morning facing the fact that their home values have been in free fall and there is little that they can do to correct the current situation.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Falling home prices hit one California town hard</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/">Falling home prices hit one California town hard</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1368605/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/11/falling-home-prices-hit-california-town-hard/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>California</category><category>home prices</category><category>home sales</category><category>home values</category><category>HomePrices</category><category>HomeSales</category><category>HomeValues</category><category>housing</category><category>inthenews</category><category>mortgages</category><category>Mountain House</category><category>MountainHouse</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
