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Mortgage News Daily combines the expertise of some of the housing industry's leading minds with the power of social media to offer an always lively, constantly evolving web community. MND communicates breaking news, streams video, and provides expert opinion and commentary to a community of interested market professionals and curious consumers.Housing Scorecard: Delinquencies Down. Foreclosures Delayed
The
Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury released their Monthly
Housing Scorecard for February on Wednesday afternoon.
This monthly report is an attempt to
encapsulate the Obama Administration's efforts to stabilize the housing market
and provide a snapshot of the status of that market. It contains a round-up of information from
both public and private sources, most of which has already been reported
here on MND. The Scorecard is issued simultaneous
with the release of the monthly report on the Making Home Affordable Program
(HAMP).
According
to the Scorecard, the housing market remains fragile as data through January
paint a mixed picture of recovery. On
the sales front there was a little good news as sales of existing homes ticked
up to 446,700 in January compared to 435,000 in December. New home sales, however, dropped from 27,100
to 23,700. The inventory of existing
homes fell by slightly less than 200 thousand to 3.38 million while the supply
of new homes was almost flat at 188,000.
There is a 7.6 month supply of existing homes compared to 8.2 months in
December and a 7.9 month supply of new homes as compared to 7.0 months. Over 3.6 million homes are currently vacant
and held off the market for a variety of reasons. This is an increase of 45,000 since December. MND wants to know what you think...RENT OR OWN?
In a sign of positive progress, delinquency rates were notably better in February. The
delinquency rate for prime loans was 4.8 percent in January compared to 6.7
percent in January 2010 and the subprime rate was 36.4 compared to 39.2 last year. FHA had a delinquency rate of 12.8 percent,
down from 15 percent a year earlier. A
total of 4.2 million mortgages are delinquent nationally.
Foreclosure starts and completions remain below peak, however as lenders review internal procedures related to foreclosure processing, many foreclosure actions have been delayed. The decline is likely to be temporary as lenders eventually revise and resubmit foreclosure paperwork in the coming months.
The embedded HAMP report covers data up until the end of January, which indicated a continued drop in the rate at which new borrowers
are entering into trial loan modifications. In January there were 26,659
trials initiated. A total of about 1.5
million homeowners have entered trial modifications since the program started
in April 2009 and 145,260 trials remain active.
Of those over 36,000 have been in the three-month trial program in
excess of six months. Nearly a third
(12,200) of these aged loans is serviced by Bank of America which has initiated
358,726 of the total of 1.5 million trials (25 percent).
More
than 600,000 homeowners have converted from trial to permanent status since the
program began, 28,000 since the last HAMP report. After many complaints about the rate of
conversion, program administrators claim that there has been an average of
29,000 loans converted in each of the last six months. Approximately 68,000 permanent modifications have
been cancelled; about 1,000 were paid; the remaining loans were cancelled after
borrowers missed three consecutive payments.
The
Administration claims that, overall, its efforts have been effective in
"blunting the effects of the deepest economic crisis since the Great
Depression." Since April 2009, in
addition to HAMP's efforts there have been more than 730,000 FHA loss
mitigation and early delinquency interventions, and more than 2 million
proprietary modifications under the joint public/private HOPE Now program. The Scorecard says that, "While some homeowners may
have received help from more than one program, the number of agreements offered
was more than double the number of foreclosure completions for the same period
(1.8 million)."
FULL HAMP REPORT
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Housing Scorecard: Delinquencies Down. Foreclosures Delayed
The
Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury released their Monthly
Housing Scorecard for February on Wednesday afternoon.
This monthly report is an attempt to
encapsulate the Obama Administration's efforts to stabilize the housing market
and provide a snapshot of the status of that market. It contains a round-up of information from
both public and private sources, most of which has already been reported
here on MND. The Scorecard is issued simultaneous
with the release of the monthly report on the Making Home Affordable Program
(HAMP).
According
to the Scorecard, the housing market remains fragile as data through January
paint a mixed picture of recovery. On
the sales front there was a little good news as sales of existing homes ticked
up to 446,700 in January compared to 435,000 in December. New home sales, however, dropped from 27,100
to 23,700. The inventory of existing
homes fell by slightly less than 200 thousand to 3.38 million while the supply
of new homes was almost flat at 188,000.
There is a 7.6 month supply of existing homes compared to 8.2 months in
December and a 7.9 month supply of new homes as compared to 7.0 months. Over 3.6 million homes are currently vacant
and held off the market for a variety of reasons. This is an increase of 45,000 since December. MND wants to know what you think...RENT OR OWN?
In a sign of positive progress, delinquency rates were notably better in February. The
delinquency rate for prime loans was 4.8 percent in January compared to 6.7
percent in January 2010 and the subprime rate was 36.4 compared to 39.2 last year. FHA had a delinquency rate of 12.8 percent,
down from 15 percent a year earlier. A
total of 4.2 million mortgages are delinquent nationally.
Foreclosure starts and completions remain below peak, however as lenders review internal procedures related to foreclosure processing, many foreclosure actions have been delayed. The decline is likely to be temporary as lenders eventually revise and resubmit foreclosure paperwork in the coming months.
The embedded HAMP report covers data up until the end of January, which indicated a continued drop in the rate at which new borrowers
are entering into trial loan modifications. In January there were 26,659
trials initiated. A total of about 1.5
million homeowners have entered trial modifications since the program started
in April 2009 and 145,260 trials remain active.
Of those over 36,000 have been in the three-month trial program in
excess of six months. Nearly a third
(12,200) of these aged loans is serviced by Bank of America which has initiated
358,726 of the total of 1.5 million trials (25 percent).
More
than 600,000 homeowners have converted from trial to permanent status since the
program began, 28,000 since the last HAMP report. After many complaints about the rate of
conversion, program administrators claim that there has been an average of
29,000 loans converted in each of the last six months. Approximately 68,000 permanent modifications have
been cancelled; about 1,000 were paid; the remaining loans were cancelled after
borrowers missed three consecutive payments.
The
Administration claims that, overall, its efforts have been effective in
"blunting the effects of the deepest economic crisis since the Great
Depression." Since April 2009, in
addition to HAMP's efforts there have been more than 730,000 FHA loss
mitigation and early delinquency interventions, and more than 2 million
proprietary modifications under the joint public/private HOPE Now program. The Scorecard says that, "While some homeowners may
have received help from more than one program, the number of agreements offered
was more than double the number of foreclosure completions for the same period
(1.8 million)."
FULL HAMP REPORT
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