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ICE First Look At Mortgage Performance: Foreclosure Starts Rose In October, Despite Serious Delinquencies Returning To 17-Year Lows

Date 22/11/2023

  • The national delinquency rate fell 3 basis points (bps) to 3.26% in October, marking a 9 bps (-2.8%) improvement from the same time last year
  • Serious delinquencies (90+ days past due) fell to 447K, once again hitting their lowest levels since 2006
  • Loans 30-days late also declined, marking the first such improvement in five months
  • Despite the improvement in delinquencies, foreclosure starts rose to 33K in October, hitting their highest levels in 18 months – while the number of foreclosure sales (completions) remained relatively flat
  • Active foreclosure inventory inched up 3K to 217K, but remains more than 25% below prepandemic levels
  • While foreclosure starts rose in October, near term risk remains muted, with serious delinquencies historically low and more than 70% of such loans protected from foreclosure by loss mitigation efforts
  • Prepay activity (measured as single-month mortality) dwindled to just 0.43% under continued seasonal pressure, despite interest rates easing somewhat from the prior month

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, reports the following “first look” at October 2023 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market.

Data as of Oct. 31, 2023

Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure): 3.26%

Month-over-month change: -0.99%

Year-over-year change: -2.81%

 

Total U.S. foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate: 0.41%

Month-over-month change: 1.17%

Year-over-year change: -6.13%

 

Total U.S. foreclosure starts: 33,000

Month-over-month change 30.43%

Year-over-year change: 32.85%

 

Monthly prepayment rate (SMM): 0.43%

Month-over-month change: -3.41%

Year-over-year change: -12.78%

 

Foreclosure sales: 6,400

Month-over-month change: 0.48%

Year-over-year change: 0.78%

 

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: ​ 1,734,000

Month-over-month change: -15,000

Year-over-year change: -22,000

 

Number of properties that are 90 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: 447,000

Month-over-month change: -8,000

Year-over-year change: -135,000

 

Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: ​217,000

Month-over-month change: 3,000

Year-over-year change: -11,000

 

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due or in foreclosure: 1,951,000

Month-over-month change: -12,000

Year-over-year change: -32,000

Top 5 States by Non-Current* Percentage

Mississippi:

 

7.91%

Louisiana:

 

7.46%

Alabama:

 

5.60%

Indiana:

 

5.11%

Arkansas:

 

5.03%

Bottom 5 States by Non-Current* Percentage

California:

 

2.14%

Idaho:

 

2.14%

Montana:

 

2.02%

Washington:

 

2.01%

Colorado:

 

1.91%

Top 5 States by 90+ Days Delinquent Percentage

Mississippi:

 

2.11%

Louisiana:

 

1.81%

Alabama:

 

1.43%

Arkansas:

 

1.24%

Georgia:

 

1.17%

Top 5 States by 12-Month Change in Non-Current* Percentage

Alaska:

 

-17.16%

Rhode Island:

 

-14.59%

Vermont:

 

-12.28%

Iowa:

 

-11.08%

Maine:

 

-10.14%

Bottom 5 States by 12-Month Change in Non-Current* Percentage

Idaho:

 

10.84%

Louisiana:

 

6.94%

Hawaii:

 

6.61%

South Dakota:

 

5.68%

Delaware:

 

3.69%

*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 and sales, which are rounded to the nearest hundred.

 

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 December 4, 2023.

For more information about gaining access to ICE’s loan-level database, please send an email to Mortgage.Monitor@bkfs.com.