Eye On Housing
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) fourth quarter National Delinquency Survey (NDS), on a seasonally adjusted basis, the percentage of loans past due decreased from 6.38% in the first quarter to 5.47%. State-level data of the past due loan category reveal that all states had reduced their count of past-due loans. The states that experienced the largest numerical declines… Read More ›
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2020 fourth quarter National Delinquency Survey (NDS), on a seasonally adjusted basis, the percentage of loans past due decreased from 7.65% in the third quarter to 6.73%. State-level data of the past due loan category reveal that California and Texas made up the top two states with the greatest number of past due… Read More ›
Amid widespread job losses and other economic hardship resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, all the U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia experienced quarterly percentage increases in home loans past due, according to the seasonally adjusted Q2 2020 results of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Q2 2020 National Delinquency Survey. In the second quarter of this year, on… Read More ›
The first quarter of 2020 witnessed dramatic economic news, owing to the outbreak of COVID-19. Among these changes were those of American homeowners, whose abilities to keep up with their mortgages were adversely affected by the economic injury brought on by the pandemic, as reflected in 2020’s first quarter results of the Mortgage Bankers’ Association’s National Delinquency Survey. Since the… Read More ›
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest National Delinquency Survey, 2nd quarter of 2019 data, reveal state-level variation in the timeliness of mortgage payments. Overall, the “seriously delinquent” rate, i.e., the proportion of home mortgage loans that are 90+ days delinquent or in the process of foreclosure, remained unchanged at 2.0% from the previous quarter1. The number of loans, however, in… Read More ›
The seasonally adjusted mortgage delinquency rate increased 16 basis points over the first quarter of 2013, increasing to 7.25%. Even with this quarterly increase, the current share of mortgage loans at some stage of delinquency still ranks as the second-lowest reading since 2008. In addition, the overall increase in delinquencies was driven by a sizable jump in the 30-day past… Read More ›
The seasonally adjusted mortgage delinquency rate declined 31 basis points during the fourth quarter of 2012, sliding to 7.09%–its lowest point in more than four years. Each of the three delinquency buckets (30, 60, 90+ days past due) registered a lower seasonally adjusted delinquency rate compared to the third quarter of 2012, but mortgages just 30 days overdue experienced the… Read More ›
Existing home sales declined 1% in December, sliding to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of more than 4.9 million total units. Nonetheless, data from The National Association of Realtors (NAR) indicate sales remain on an upward trend. The average monthly pace recorded during November and December was at its highest level in three years, while sales increased nearly 13% on… Read More ›
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported the seasonally adjusted delinquency rate fell 18 basis points during the third quarter of 2012 to 7.4%, erasing the 18 basis point increase from the previous quarter. The lower delinquency rate was driven almost entirely by a sizable drop in the share of loans 90 or more days past due, which came in under 3%… Read More ›
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey showed the (seasonally adjusted) overall delinquency rate on first-lien residential mortgages fell to 7.4% during the first quarter of 2012. According to the release, the 30-days late delinquency bucket saw its delinquency rate decline to its lowest reading in 5 years and is now on par with normal levels. The 60-day delinquency bucket… Read More ›