Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate falls to 1.0% in December, Lowest since June 2008

Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in December was at 1.00%, down from 1.03% in November.  Freddie's rate is down from 1.32% in December 2015.

Freddie's serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 4.20%.

This is the lowest serious delinquency rate since June 2008.

These are mortgage loans that are "three monthly payments or more past due or in foreclosure". 

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Although the rate is declining, the "normal" serious delinquency rate is under 1%.

Maybe the rate will decline another 0.25 percentage points or so to a cycle bottom, but this is pretty close to normal.

Note: Fannie Mae will report soon.