A new report reveals that the national delinquency rate inched higher in November but remains below pre-pandemic levels, while "serious" delinquencies—those that are more than 90 days past due—also rose but are down year-over-year.
Read More »Number of Consumers Seeking Delinquent Mortgage Counseling Surges YoY
A new report explores the drastic increase of consumers in search of delinquent mortgage counseling, which skyrocketed in 2023 compared to the previous year. Click though to read how once-manageable levels of unsecured debt have abruptly become unmanageable for many homeowners.
Read More »Homeowner Equity Remained Strong During Q3
While underwater mortgages continue to improve throughout the U.S., ATTOM's 2023 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report revealed nearly half of all mortgaged properties were considered equity-rich in Q3, despite experiencing the largest quarterly decrease since 2019. Here’s what else the report reveals.
Read More »This Year’s Housing Market Continues to Favor Sellers
Five Texas metros topped the top 10 list of best places to purchase a home, according to a new study from WalletHub, which examined the strongest local real-estate markets throughout the U.S.
Read More »OCC Report Outlines Decline in Q4 First Lien Mortgage Performance
The OCC’s latest Mortgage Metrics Report found that mortgage servicers nationwide initiated 9,166 new foreclosures in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease from Q3’s totals but a higher volume than recorded in Q4 2021.
Read More »Inflation Will More Than Double “Seriously Delinquent” Mortgages in 2023
A new study from MAISY finds household inflation will likely more than double seriously delinquent mortgages by the end of 2023 to 580,000, a level unseen since 2016.
Read More »Mortgage Delinquency Update: The Weight of Competing Economic Factors
CoreLogic, a property information and analytics company, has released the latest iteration of its Loan Performance Insights Report which found that for the month of April 20222 2.9% of all mortgages were in some stage of delinquency, defined as being ...
Read More »HUD: Changes are Coming to Delinquent Loan Sales
HUD Secretary Julián Castro is expected to soon unveil changes to HUD's Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, which has drawn criticism over the last year for its sales of deeply delinquent mortgage loans to Wall Street investors and private firms.
Read More »Three States Hold a Quarter of Foreclosure Inventory
Where is the largest concentration of the nation's loans in foreclosure?
Read More »Mortgage Delinquencies Rise for Second Straight Month, Likely Due to Seasonality
The percentage of delinquent mortgages (loans 30 days or more overdue but not in foreclosure) rose by 1.7 percent over the month in September, reaching 4.87 percent—the highest level since May 2015. This percentage represented about 2.45 million mortgages nationwide, with the monthly increase totaling about 44,000.
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