Tag Archives: Delinquencies

The bad news is that 67 million homes in the United States are seriously underwater. The good news is that that number hasn’t gotten worse.

What implications does April's rise in 30-day delinquencies have for the mortgage industry?

Overall household debt in the U.S. was up by more than $50 billion in Q4. How much of that can be attributed to outstanding mortgage balances?

The news was all good on the delinquency front for October 2015 as all related metrics continued steep declines.

Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) originated during the housing bubble years of 2005 to 2007 have either reached or will soon reach their 10-year "end of draw" period, at which point borrowers will face a payment shock that may cause delinquency rates among HELOCs to rise substantially.

According to the New York Fed, foreclosures hit their lowest point in the 16-year history of the bank's Consumer Credit Panel, which uses anonymized Equifax credit data to generate a nationally representative sample.

Delinquencies were reported at less than 1 percent in 11 out of 15 single-family securitizations rated by Morningstar in March 2015, compared with 16 out of 17 in April. The recently-closed AH4R 2015-SFR1 (American Homes 4 Rent) and IH-2015 SFR2 (Invitation Homes) were added to the May 2015 report.

Delinquencies remained low among 15 single-family rental securitizations for March, according to data reported by Morningstar Credit Ratings in a recent report titled "Single-Family Research: Performance Summary Covering All Morningstar Rated Securitizations."

Fannie Mae's book of business decreased at a compound annualized rate of 1.7 percent over the month of June, slower than the previous month's rate of 2.4 percent but continuing a streak of decreases that has persisted all year so far. Year-to-date, Fannie Mae's book of business has declined at a compound annualized rate of 2.2 percent.

CoreLogic released its National Foreclosure Report for February, 2014, reporting 43,000 completed foreclosures for the month, a 13.1 percent decrease from January, 2014. Yearly, foreclosures declined 15 percent from February, 2013.