Late payments on consumer loans rise
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Late payments on a cluster of consumer loans, including those for autos, home improvement and certain home equity loans, climbed in the summer to their highest point since the country's last recession in 2001.
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Americans increased their borrowing in June at a much faster pace than expected, with the rise led by higher credit card debt.
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Consumer borrowing increased less than expected in July as higher incomes allowed Americans to reduce their credit card use.
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New mortgage accelerator loans promise faster debt repayment.
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Mortgage foreclosures rose to a four-year high in the second quarter, a sign that homeowners with good credit are having trouble paying their bills.
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New applications for U.S. home loans rose last week to their highest level in four months even though mortgage rates ticked upward from their recent lows, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Americans reached for their credit  cards with gusto in May after an April lull, sending overall  U.S. consumer borrowing up by $12.90 billion -- more than twice  the forecast rise, a Federal Reserve Board report showed on  Monday.
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The rate consumers pay on a 30-year, $200,000 home loan will likely rise 0.2 of a percentage point - an extra $9,200 over the course of the loan - as the largest US buyer of mortgages slows growth to meet regulators&#39; request to boost capital, said Kevin
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Borrowers fell behind in their payments on a higher percentage of consumer loans in the first three months of the year, pinched by slowing job and wage growth and climbing gasoline prices, new figures showed yesterday.
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The increases in the cost of higher education continue to drive up the amount that students and families borrow, according to a new report by the College Board.
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U.S. mortgage applications rose last  week, with both new purchases and refinancings driven up by the  lowest long-term home loan rates since early December, an  industry trade group said on Wednesday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest on record, though it made more loans than expected in the fourth quarter.
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Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments.
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Americans increased their borrowing at a 2.4 percent annual rate in May, significantly slower than in April, as a big jump in credit card borrowing was not enough to offset a slowdown in the growth of auto loans, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.
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The share of Californians at least one month behind on their mortgage payments inched up in the second quarter, according to a mortgage banking group.
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More consumers plan to increase their spending during this year's holiday season than did last year as concern about paying off debt has lessened and economic optimism has grown, a survey released Monday shows.
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U.S. financial markets were rattled by  news on Tuesday that late payments on U.S. mortgages had  reached their highest level in 3-1/2 years, while regulators  began a probe of subprime mortgage lending and called for  legislation.