Black Knight: Foreclosures Up for 2nd Straight Month

Black Knight Financial Services, Jacksonville, Fla., said foreclosure starts rose in June for the second consecutive month, but fell by 11 percent from a year ago.

Additionally, the company’s First Look Mortgage Monitor said first-time foreclosure starts in the second quarter fell to the lowest level in more than 16 years. Additionally, prepayment speeds jumped to a 12-month high, mirroring an overall rise in refinance activity driven by historically low interest rates.

The report said early-stage delinquencies saw a seasonal increase in June (up by more than 40,000), while 90-day delinquencies and foreclosure inventories continued to decline. The inventory of loans 90 or more days delinquent (but not yet in foreclosure) fell by 27,000 in June to 692,000, down by 161,000 decline from last year. Inventory of loans in active foreclosure fell to 558,000, a 231,000 year-over-year decline.

Other report data:
–Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure): 4.31 percent, a month over month decline of 1.33 percent.
–Total foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate: 1.10 percent, down by 2.57 percent from May and down by nearly 30 percent from a year ago.
–Total foreclosure starts: 69,300, an 11.59 percent increase from May but a 11.27 percent drop from a year ago.
–Monthly Prepayment Rate: 1.44 percent, a 10.30 percent increase from May and a 3.24 percent increase from a year ago.
–Properties 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 2.178 million, a 25,000 increase from May but a 237,000 drop from a year ago.
–Properties 90 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 692,000, a 27,000 drop from May and a 161,000 drop from a year ago.
–Properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: 558,000, a 16,000 decline from May and a 231,000 decline from a year ago.
–Properties 30 or more days past due or in foreclosure: 2.736 million an increase of 9,000 from May but a 468,000 decline from a year ago.
–States with the highest percentage of non-current loans: Mississippi (11.19%), Louisiana (9.18%), New Jersey (8.81%), Alabama (7.97%) and Maine (7.38%).
–States with the lowest percentage of non-current loans: Montana (3.04%), South Dakota (3.04%), Minnesota (2.78%), Colorado (2.60%) and North Dakota (2.39%).