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Figure 2-18<br />

Delinquent and Underwater Mortgages and Foreclosures, 2009–2016<br />

Percent of Homes Foreclosures per 10,000<br />

36<br />

12<br />

30<br />

24<br />

Homes With<br />

Mortgages in<br />

Negative Equity<br />

(left axis)<br />

10<br />

8<br />

18<br />

12<br />

Homes<br />

Foreclosed (right<br />

axis)<br />

2016:Q2<br />

6<br />

4<br />

6<br />

Seriously Delinquent<br />

Mortgage Payments (left<br />

axis)<br />

2<br />

2016:Q3<br />

0<br />

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016<br />

0<br />

2017<br />

Source: Zillow Real Estate Market Reports; Mortgage Bankers Association.<br />

tight for borrowers with credit scores below 620. Third, it can be difficult<br />

for prospective buyers, especially those living in urban areas, to save for a<br />

down payment.<br />

Overall household formation has showed some tentative signs of<br />

picking up in recent years, after having been weak since the recession. The<br />

number of households increased by 1.2 million in 2016 after rising 0.7<br />

million in 2015. This uptick in household formation contributed to a 5.5<br />

percent rise in overall housing starts during the first ten months 2016 relative<br />

to 2015 as a whole and a solid 9.2 percent rise in single-family housing<br />

starts during the first ten months of 2016 relative to 2015 as a whole (Figure<br />

2-20). Nevertheless, starts remained well below the roughly 1.5 million rate<br />

that is consistent with long-term demographics and the replacement of the<br />

existing housing stock.12 Further, because the rates of homebuilding have<br />

been below that pace since the recession, pent-up demand for housing may<br />

play a role in supporting further recovery in the housing market. However,<br />

an increase in housing demand, if not accompanied by an increase in housing<br />

supply, would not bring about a full recovery in the housing market. The<br />

accumulation of State and local barriers to housing development—including<br />

12 Demographics and historical trends would have predicted 1.2 to 1.4 million new households<br />

formed each year requiring housing (Joint Center for Housing Studies 2015). Together with the<br />

assumption that about 0.25 percent of the existing homes deteriorate and need to be replaced a<br />

given year, yields an underlying trend of roughly 1.5 million housing starts.<br />

102 | Chapter 2

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