Posted To: MND NewsWire
Delinquencies hit a new post-pandemic low in August as the national delinquency rate fell by 84,000 loans or 3.48 percent compared to July. It was 41.84 percent below the level in August of 2020. Black Knight, in its “first look” at the months loan performance data, said the 1.122 million loans that were 30 or more days past due but not in foreclosure, were down by 1.557 million on an annual basis. In January of 2020, one month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, the national delinquency rate was 3.3 percent. Serious delinquencies , those loans 90 or more days past due but not in foreclosure, remain elevated, but even they have been improving steadily. Serious delinquencies fell 108,000 from July and are down more than 1 million from the level in August 2020. Still, 1.339 million…(read more)
Source: Mortgage News Daily
