Las Vegas, NV - February 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of Nevada homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth took a huge leap in the fourth quarter of 2010. Nevada currently leads the nation in percentage of mortgages underwater, with a full 67 percent of Nevada homeowners upside down in their mortgages. Nationally, one in four US homeowners with a mortgage are underwater, up from 23 percent in the previous quarter, according to a new report from Zillow. Foreclosure moratoriums and falling home prices are to blame
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