How Does A Negative Wealth Effect Due To Declining House Prices?
Simply people owe more on their house than it is now worth. Ex) Say you bought a house 2 years ago for 400,000 by taking out a mortgage. But because housing prices have declined quite a bit in the last two years your house if you tried to sell if may only be worth 350,000. In essence then you lost 50,000…minus any mortgage payments you’d of made to your bank…..So basically you owe more than what you’d make off your house if you sold it and hence…..negative wealth.

