claim: "fourteen million americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
author: dennis kucinich
evidence_1: aug 23, 2017 ... americans readily gossip about home values — “did you hear the crazy high ...  fourteen million american homeowners, roughly one of every four ... owing at  least 25 percent more on their mortgages than their homes could ...
evidence_2: aug 15, 2017 ... the report is based on publicly recorded mortgage and deed of trust data  collected ... the report also shows that more than 5.4 million (5,433,684) u.s. ...  was at least 25 percent higher than the property's estimated market value ... out  on their equity — homeowners are staying in their homes nearly twice as ...
evidence_3: mar 14, 2014 ... there are currently more than 1.1 million active oil and gas wells in the united ...  this year to no longer approve mortgages on properties where the .... feet of a  drilling pad or well site saw values decrease by 3 to 14 percent.
evidence_4: apr 19, 2018 ... nearly 43 million u.s. households rented their homes in 2016, including about ...  senior-headed renter households are more likely than those headed by .... in fact , some experts estimate that 6.3 million additional mortgages would ..... the  average duration of a rent burden was about three years.14 further, ...
evidence_5: dec 17, 2018 ... there are an estimated 76.7 million homeowners in america, according to the ...  $141,000, in the district of columbia the typical home is worth more than  $600,000. ... median monthly costs for owners with a mortgage: $1,123 ...