March Mortgage Report: Further Decline in Delinquencies; Foreclosure Inventory Stable

Press release from the issuing company

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

 Lender Processing Services, Inc., a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, reports the following "first look" at March 2012 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database of nearly 40 million mortgage loans.

 

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

 

7.09%

Month-over-month change in delinquency rate:

-6.3%

Year-over-year change in delinquency rate:

-8.8%

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

4.14%

Month-over-month change in foreclosure presale inventory rate:

0.1%

Year-over-year change in foreclosure presale inventory rate:

-1.6%

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: (A)

3,531,000

Number of properties that are 90 or more days delinquent, but not in foreclosure:      

1,643,000

 

Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: (B)

2,060,000

Number of properties that are 30 or more days delinquent or in foreclosure:  (A+B)

 

5,591,000

 

States with highest percentage of non-current* loans:

FL, MS, NV, NJ, IL

States with the lowest percentage of non-current* loans:

MT, AK, SD, WY, ND

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