MBA Chart of the Week: 30-Day Mortgage Delinquency Rate by Region

MBA released its latest National Delinquency Survey for first quarter 2020 earlier this week. At the end of the first quarter, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties jumped by 59 basis points to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.36 percent of all loans outstanding.

MBA Chart of the Week: 30-Day Mortgage Delinquency Rate by Region

MBA released its latest National Delinquency Survey for first quarter 2020 earlier this week. At the end of the first quarter, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties jumped by 59 basis points to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.36 percent of all loans outstanding.

MBA Reports Rise in 1st Quarter Mortgage Delinquencies

Mortgage delinquencies rose in the first quarter as the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning.

The Week Ahead

Good morning! Welcome to another Monday, Week 10 of the Coronapacolypse. To all of you out there: thank you again for what you are doing. Stay healthy and safe.

ATTOM: Pre-COVID-19, Steady Rates for Equity-Rich Homeowners

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said data gathered before the impact of the coronavirus pandemic showed equity-rich American homeowners dipped slightly in the first quarter, even as the share of seriously underwater homeowners edged up.

Auction.com: Most Default Servicers Expect 2020 Foreclosures to Increase

Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., said its 2020 Default Servicing Insights report found while most respondents said they do not expect an economic recession in 2020, two-thirds expect their foreclosure and REO inflow to increase and 89 percent expect an increase in foreclosure and REO inflow from government-insured loans.

#MBAServicing2020: For Servicing Industry, A Cautious Economic Outlook

ORLANDO—Low mortgage rates, improved home-building rates and a growing number of people aspiring to homeownership makes for an optimistic formula for the mortgage servicing industry, said Mortgage Bankers Association economists, despite some potential headwinds in the short term.