Delinquency rate bucks seasonal trend with fewer past-due loans

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However, prepayment activity suffered from the sharp rise in mortgage rates, as prepays plummeted 19.1% from March and 61.8% from a year ago.

A strong improvement among borrowers who are three or more payments past due – with volumes declining by 8% from March – offset the 7.9% month-over-month increase in the number of borrowers who are a single payment past due.

“But even though such serious delinquencies have fallen between 6% and 12% in each of the past 14 months, volumes remain more than 55% above pre-pandemic levels,” Black Knight noted.

On the other hand, foreclosure starts are holding well below pre-pandemic levels – down nearly 12% from the previous month – though the number of loans in active foreclosures did tick up slightly (+4K).