Prices are up and down. Equity growth is a dream for real estate.

Homeowners’ equity in housing was at a record high of $20.4 trillion in the third quarter of 2020. The steady upward trend since 2012 was spurred by accelerating home-price growth and low mortgage rates, which have helped many households build equity in their homes. The third quarter’s year-over-year increase in home prices was 7.8 percent, the highest since 2006. The most recent monthly data point from the FHFA for November 2020 showed an increase of 11.0 percent, the highest year-over-year growth rate in the series and surpassing the previous high of 10.7 percent in 2005.

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