According to the new CoreLogic report, the nation’s overall delinquency rate fell to 4.1% as of December 2018.
The good news is that no state in the Union posted an increase in its overall or serious delinquency rate. This includes foreclosures, as well.
The 4.1% reported in December 2018 was a 20% reduction from the 5.3% rate reported in December 2017. This represents the lowest percentage for the month of December in 18 years.
The delinquency rate calculated in the CoreLogic loan performance report includes home loans 30 days or more past due and homes in some stage of foreclosure.
According to the report, the worst month ever reported since the statistics began being compiled was December 2009, which reported an 11.6% share of homes in some state of distress or delinquency. Since March of 2018, this delinquency rate has been falling.
In the category of serious delinquency rate, which is defined as 90 days or more past due, including loans and foreclosure, this came in at 1.5% in December 2018. This is down from the 2.1% reported in January 2017.
The Foreclosure Inventory Rate, which translates into the share of mortgages in some stage of foreclosure process, was 0.4% in December 2018, which is down from 0.6% from December 2017.
In the category of mortgages between 30 and 59 days past due, considered to be early stage delinquencies, the rate was 2% in December 2018, which is down from 2.4% in December 2017.
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