There has been much criticism of the loans above 100% that were available at the peak of the housing boom, which immediately placed borrowers in negative equity.

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Since the mid-November peak, however, Buzz has been falling among men, and recently dropped back into the negative territory it occupied since before the premier of the ad.

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There were five quarters of negative GDP growth, with GDP in early 1975 some 3% off the peak of two years prior.

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As one might expect, the transaction years in which negative equity and delinquency are most common are the years in which the housing market was at its peak.

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It is currently at its lowest reading of all time, and is negative for just the second time ever (the first time was in October 2008, around the peak of the financial crisis).

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While this is a positive downtrend from the inventory peak of 4.58 million units in July 2008, the inventory overhang is still having a negative effect on prices.

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