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First Look at December 2019 Mortgage Data

Strong Close to 2019 Pushes Mortgage Delinquency Rate to Near Record Low

  • Mortgage delinquencies fell by nearly 4% month-over-month to within 0.04% of the record low set in May 2019 and more than 12% below last year’s level
  • The national foreclosure rate fell again in December to reach a new 14-year low, and the lowest on record outside the final five months of 2005
  • 2019 ended with just over two million borrowers past due on their mortgage (including active foreclosures) – down 236,000 from the same time last year and the lowest year-end volume since the turn of the century
  • After falling by 19% in November, prepayment rates ticked upward in December, suggesting that the recent leveling off of interest rates has had a flattening effect on refinance activity

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jan. 22, 2020 – ICE reports the following “first look” at December 2019 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market.

First Look - Dec 2019 - Chart 1
First Look - Dec 2019 - Top 5 states by non-current percentage
First Look - Dec 2019 - Bottom 5 states by non-current percentage
First Look - Dec 2019 - Top 5 states by 90+ days to delinquent percentage
First Look - Dec 2019 - Top 5 states by 6-month improvement in non-current percentage
First Look - Dec 2019 - Top 5 states by 6-month deterioration in non-current percentage

*Non-current totals combine foreclosures and delinquencies as a percent of active loans in that state.

Notes:

  • Totals are extrapolated based on ICE’s loan-level database of mortgage assets.
  • All whole numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand, except foreclosure starts, which are rounded to the nearest hundred.

For more information about gaining access to ICE’s loan-level database, please send an email to [email protected].

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