Nevada tops thorny mortgage ranking

Silver State's housing market was wounded badly in the bubble that burst so spectacularly some time ago. Of course it's not alone in it but that's scant relief. Sales at least in Las Vegas have slowed to a crawl, although especially resales have picked up lately, prices have headed south and the inventory is still high. Now another statistic is published to reveal how deeply the real estate mess has affected the state.

Nevada leads the list that ranks states by how many homes each has upside down, meaning the existing mortgage balance is higher than the property is worth. This marvel is also called being under water. The figures were provided by First American CoreLogic that estimates that 48% of single-family houses here are caught in this menacing vise. An unpleasantly high number. On the other hand, comparable national number is 18%.

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