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People who are underwater are not likely to elect to sell their property.
This can (and IMO does) impact on inventory.
There have been periodic publish numbers regarding underwater owners, so there IS data out there that can be used to assess this.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/19/rising-home-prices-reduce-underwater-borrowers/1997729/