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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in March, Lowest since May 2008

by Calculated Risk on 4/26/2017 05:14:00 PM

Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in March was at 0.92%, down from 0.98% in February.  Freddie's rate is down from 1.20% in March 2016.

Freddie's serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 4.20%.

This is the lowest serious delinquency rate since May 2008.

These are mortgage loans that are "three monthly payments or more past due or in foreclosure". 

Fannie Freddie Seriously Delinquent RateClick on graph for larger image

Although the rate is still declining, the rate of decline has slowed.

Maybe the rate will decline another 0.2 to 0.4 percentage points or so to a cycle bottom, but this is pretty close to normal.

Note: Fannie Mae will report soon.