Homeowners with a mortgage saw their equity rise 13.3 percent year over year, according to CoreLogic’s Home Equity Report for the first quarter of 2018, released Thursday. The average homeowner gained $16,300 in home equity between the first quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. That is the highest growth in home equity in four years.
Western states saw the largest uptick in home equity. California homeowners gained $51,000 on average in home equity, while Washington homeowners saw about $44,000 on average, in equity.
Source: “Homeowner Equity Report,” CoreLogic (June 7, 2018)