Along with # 1, the drop in home equity put many homes in negative equity situations. (bigrockinvestments.com)
And where those don't succeed, try something like HARP (link), to solve negative equity situations. (centralcoastlending.com)
With the Fed poised to raise interest rates any day now, and knowing that housing prices typically drop when the interest rates rise, I didn't want to get stuck in a negative equity situation again. (financialsamurai.com)