>I was stuck in a house that lost 50% of its value. I had just purchased in 2006 so I could not sell and I wanted to move. I didn’t end up leaving until 2012 at

>I was stuck in a house that lost 50% of its value. I had just purchased in 2006 so I could not sell and I wanted to move. I didn’t end up leaving until 2012 at which point I was still 30+% underwater Wow! In my neighborhood prices kept falling between 2008 and 2012 - 2012 was the bottom. Crazy your neighborhood recovered so fast.