“Mortgage delinquency rate again fell to a historic low in May, returning to the level seen in March of this year, while the near-all-time low foreclosure rate has not changed since spring 2022,” CoreLogic noted in its report. “However, 14 states and nearly 170 metropolitan areas saw overall delinquencies increase year over year in May, similar to April data. Still, despite this pattern and gradually declining US home price gains over the past year, overall mortgage performance remains quite healthy, boosted by steady employment numbers.”
The foreclosure inventory rate stayed unchanged at 0.3%, and the transition rate, or the percentage of loans that transitioned from current to 30 days past due, hovered at 0.6% in May.
“May’s overall mortgage delinquency rate matched the all-time low, and serious delinquencies followed suit,” said CoreLogic principal economist Molly Boesel. “Furthermore, the rate of mortgages that were six months or more past due, a measure that ballooned in 2021, has receded to a level last observed in March 2020.
“The US economy has added nearly 25 million jobs since April 2020 and about four million in the last year. As a result, the unemployment rate has ranged from 3.4% to 3.7% for the past 16 months. While the job market may slightly weaken over the next year, we project that mortgage performance will remain healthy.”
Source: mpamag.com