MBA’s Chart of the Week: Pre-Tax Net Production Income and Production Volume

Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pre-tax net profit of 17 basis points, or $693 on each loan they originated in the second quarter of 2024, an increase from the reported loss of 25 basis points, or $645 per loan in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) newly released Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.

MBA Reports Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 0.27% in July

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance increased to 0.27% as of July 31, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 135,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans. Mortgage servicers have provided forbearance to approximately 8.2 million borrowers since March 2020.

MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in Second Quarter

The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.97% of all loans outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) National Delinquency Survey.

MBA Chart of the Week: Early-Stage vs. Seriously Delinquent Mortgage Rates

According to the latest results from MBA’s National Delinquency Survey (NDS) released last week, the overall delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one‐to‐four‐unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.97% of all loans outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2024. The delinquency rate was up 60 basis points from one year ago. 

Chart of the Week: Annual Cost of Servicing Performing and Non-Performing Loans

MBA’s annual Servicing Operations Study and Forum includes a deep-dive analysis and discussion of servicing costs, productivity, and portfolio characteristics for in‐house single-family servicers, representing about 60 percent of the single-family servicing market. Based on the most recent completed study cycle, fully-loaded servicing costs remained flat relative to the previous year at an average of $237 per loan. But that only tells part of the story.

MBA: IMBs Report Net Production Losses in the First Quarter of 2024

Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pre-tax net loss of $645 on each loan they originated in the first quarter of 2024, a decrease from the reported loss of $2,109 per loan in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) newly released Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.

MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase Slightly in First Quarter

The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.94% of all loans outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey.