by Calculated Risk on 7/25/2022 11:19:00 AM

From Black Knight: Black Knight’s First Look: Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosure Starts Edge Higher in June but Remain Well Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

• The national delinquency rate rose nine basis points from May to reach 2.84% after hitting consecutive record lows in each of the prior three months

• Increases were broad-based – the number of borrowers a single payment past due rose 5%, while 90-day delinquencies broke a 21-month streak of improvement with a modest 1% uptick from the prior month

• Foreclosure starts were also up 27% in June – still 40% below pre-pandemic levels – marking a 441% year-over-year increase, a significant rise from pandemic-driven lows

• Starts also represented the highest share (4%) of serious delinquencies since March 2020, but less than half the rate in the years leading up to the pandemic

• Active foreclosure inventory rose by 16K in the month as volumes continue to slowly come off the record lows brought on by widespread moratoriums and forbearance protections in 2020/21

• Prepayment activity was down another 7% in June with prepays now down by 64% from the same time last year as rising rates put downward pressure on both purchase and refinance lending
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According to Black Knight's First Look report, the percent of loans delinquent increased 3.3% in June compared to May and decreased 35% year-over-year.

Black Knight reported the U.S. mortgage delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) was 2.84% in June, up from 2.75% in May.

The percent of loans in the foreclosure process increased in June to 0.53%, from 0.50% in May.  This is increasing from very low levels due to the foreclosure moratoriums.

The number of delinquent properties, but not in foreclosure, is down 809,000 properties year-over-year, and the number of properties in the foreclosure process is up 45,000 properties year-over-year.

Black Knight: Percent Loans Delinquent and in Foreclosure Process
	June  2022	May 2022	June 2021	June 2020
Delinquent	2.84%	2.75%	4.37%	7.59%
In Foreclosure	0.53%	0.50%	0.27%	0.36%
Number of properties:
Number of properties that are delinquent, but not in foreclosure:	1,511,000	1,461,000	2,320,000	4,034,000
Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory:	190,000	174,000	145,000	192,000
Total Properties	1,700,000	1,635,000	2,466,000	4,226,000