RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 10/22/2012 04:15:00 PM
Monday, October 22, 2012
LPS: Mortgage delinquencies increased sharply in September, Percent in foreclosure process lowest in 2 years
LPS released their First Look report for September today. LPS reported that the percent of loans delinquent increased in September compared to August, but declined about 4% year-over-year. On the other hand, the percent of loans in the foreclosure process declined sharply in September to the lowest level in almost 2 years.
LPS reported the U.S. mortgage delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) increased to 7.40% from 6.87% in August. The percent of loans in the foreclosure process declined to 3.87% from 4.04% in August. Note: the normal rate for delinquencies is around 4.5% to 5%.
LPS is looking into the reasons for the increase in the delinquency rate, and will probably provide a discussion in the Mortgage Monitor that will be released in early November. Looking at the table below - that shows the LPS numbers for September 2012, and also for last month (August 2012) and one year ago (September 2011) - most of the increase in delinquencies was in the short term category. The number of serious delinquent properties (90+ days and in-foreclosure) declined 70 thousand from August.
The number of delinquent properties, but not in foreclosure, is down about 7% year-over-year (280,000 fewer properties delinquent), and the number of properties in the foreclosure process is down 9% or 190,000 year-over-year.
The percent (and number) of loans 90+ days delinquent and in the foreclosure process is still very high.
| LPS: Percent Loans Delinquent and in Foreclosure Process | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2012 | August 2012 | Sept 2011 | |
| Delinquent | 7.40% | 6.87% | 7.72% |
| In Foreclosure | 3.87% | 4.04% | 4.18% |
| Number of properties: | |||
| Number of properties that are 30 or more, and less than 90 days past due, but not in foreclosure: | 2,170,000 | 1,910,000 | 2,250,000 |
| Number of properties that are 90 or more days delinquent, but not in foreclosure: | 1,530,000 | 1,520,000 | 1,730,000 |
| Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: | 1,940,000 | 2,020,000 | 2,130,000 |
| Total Properties | 5,640,000 | 5,450,000 | 6,130,000 |
