Black Knight: Mortgage Delinquencies Near Record Low in August; Foreclosure Starts Up 15% from July, Still More Than 40% Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
- The national delinquency rate fell 3.6% in August to 2.79%, just 4 BPS above May 2022’s record low
- Improvement was broad based, with the number of borrowers a single payment past due falling by 4% and those 90 or more days delinquent down 4.5%
- After dropping steadily over recent months, cure activity also improved in August, with 62K seriously delinquent loans curing to current status, up from 58K in July
- The month’s 20.3K foreclosure starts represent a 15% jump in activity from July but remain 44% below August 2019 levels
- Likewise, starts were initiated on 3.4% of serious delinquencies; up slightly from July but still less than half the rate seen in the years leading up to the pandemic
- Prepays (SMM) edged up 1.5% for the month, due to calendar-related effects, but are still down by 69% year-over-year as rising rates continue to put downward pressure on both purchase and refinance lending
Black Knight, Inc. reports the following “first look” at August 2022 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market.
Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure): 2.79%
Month-over-month change: -3.61%
Year-over-year change: -30.26%
Total U.S. foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate: 0.35%
Month-over-month change: -0.01%
Year-over-year change: 29.23%
Total U.S. foreclosure starts: 20,300
Month-over-month change: 14.69%
Year-over-year change: 185.92%
Monthly prepayment rate (SMM): 0.67%
Month-over-month change: 1.51%
Year-over-year change: -69.48%
Foreclosure sales as % of 90+: 0.53%
Month-over-month change: 1.83%
Year-over-year change: 173.93%
Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 1,489,000
Month-over-month change: -54,000
Year-over-year change: -633,000
Number of properties that are 90 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 567,000
Month-over-month change: -27,000
Year-over-year change: -772,000
Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: 185,000
Month-over-month change: 1,000
Year-over-year change: 43,000
Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due or in foreclosure: 1,674,000
Month-over-month change: -54,000
Year-over-year change: -590,000
Top 5 States by Non-Current* Percentage
| Mississippi: | 6.28 % |
| Louisiana: | 5.63 % |
| Oklahoma: | 4.71 % |
| Alabama: | 4.62 % |
| West Virginia: | 4.43 % |
Bottom 5 States by Non-Current* Percentage
| Oregon: | 1.98 % |
| California: | 1.81 % |
| Colorado: | 1.77 % |
| Idaho: | 1.72 % |
| Washington: | 1.70 % |
Top 5 States by 90+ Days Delinquent Percentage
| Mississippi: | 2.37 % |
| Louisiana: | 2.02 % |
| Alaska: | 1.72 % |
| Alabama: | 1.68 % |
| Arkansas: | 1.55 % |
Top 5 States by 6-Month Change in Non-Current* Percentage
| Hawaii: | -27.50 % |
| Vermont: | -26.11 % |
| New York: | -22.48 % |
| California: | -21.75 % |
| Utah: | -20.52 % |
Bottom 5 States by 6-Month in Non-Current* Percentage
| Iowa: | -4.32 % |
| South Dakota: | -6.19 % |
| Illinois: | -7.77 % |
| Alaska: | -8.34 % |
| Oklahoma: | -8.43 % |
*Non-current totals combine foreclosures and delinquencies as a percent of active loans in that state.
Notes:
1) Totals are extrapolated based on Black Knight’s loan-level database of mortgage assets.
2) All whole numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand, except foreclosure starts, which are rounded to the nearest hundred.
For a more detailed view of this month’s “first look” data, please visit the Black Knight newsroom. The company will provide a more in-depth review of this data in its monthly Mortgage Monitor report, which includes an analysis of data supplemented by detailed charts and graphs that reflect trend and point-in-time observations. The Mortgage Monitor report will be available online at https://www.blackknightinc.com/data-reports/ by Oct. 3, 2022. For more information about gaining access to Black Knight’s loan-level database, please send an email to Mortgage.Monitor@bkfs.com.
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