The first mortgage default rate has leveled out after seeing three consecutive months of increases in Q4.
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Mortgage Default Rate Declines For First Time in Seven Months
According to February's first mortgage default index, the rate ticked downward to 1.00 percent in February from 1.02 percent in January after seven months of increases since falling to its lowest level of 0.88 in July 2014. February's first mortgage default rate represents a decline of 23 basis points from February 2014 (1.23 percent). The rate recently experienced its largest increase in the previous 15 months (five basis points) from November to December 2014.
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