13% of all people with mortgages are either behind in their payment or are already in foreclosure.
6% of the people are taking a strategic default on their mortgage if they owe $50,000 or less
33% of the people are taking a strategic default on their mortgage if they owe $1,000,000 or more
Also California has 1/3 of all the defaults. Surprise!!
So, living in million dollar homes and not paying for them and pretending it is ok
23% to 28% of all houses in the US are upside down in their mortgage!
Source:
Is it OK to walk away from mortgage?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0bhYpQh2Q