• The national delinquency rate rose nine basis points from May to reach 2.84% after hitting consecutive record lows in each of the prior three months
• Increases were broad-based – the number of borrowers a single payment past due rose 5%, while 90-day delinquencies broke a 21-month streak of improvement with a modest 1% uptick from the prior month
• Foreclosure starts were also up 27% in June – still 40% below pre-pandemic levels – marking a 441% year-over-year increase, a significant rise from pandemic-driven lows
• Starts also represented the highest share (4%) of serious delinquencies since March 2020, but less than half the rate in the years leading up to the pandemic
• Active foreclosure inventory rose by 16K in the month as volumes continue to slowly come off the record lows brought on by widespread moratoriums and forbearance protections in 2020/21
• Prepayment activity was down another 7% in June with prepays now down by 64% from the same time last year as rising rates put downward pressure on both purchase and refinance lending
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According to Black Knight’s First Look report, the percent of loans delinquent increased 3.3% in June compared to May and decreased 35% year-over-year.
Black Knight reported the U.S. mortgage delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) was 2.84% in June, up from 2.75% in May.
The number of delinquent properties, but not in foreclosure, is down 809,000 properties year-over-year, and the number of properties in the foreclosure process is up 45,000 properties year-over-year.
| Black Knight: Percent Loans Delinquent and in Foreclosure Process | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 |
May 2022 |
June 2021 |
June 2020 |
|
| Delinquent | 2.84% | 2.75% | 4.37% | 7.59% |
| In Foreclosure | 0.53% | 0.50% | 0.27% | 0.36% |
| Number of properties: | ||||
| Number of properties that are delinquent, but not in foreclosure: |
1,511,000 | 1,461,000 | 2,320,000 | 4,034,000 |
| Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: |
190,000 | 174,000 | 145,000 | 192,000 |
| Total Properties | 1,700,000 | 1,635,000 | 2,466,000 | 4,226,000 |