Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
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The delinquency rate for mortgage borrowers spiked higher in the second quarter and the number of homes entering the foreclosure process hit a record high, according to a report released Thursday.
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Mortgage rates around the country went up this week, with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level since early September. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on
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Late payments on home equity loans climbed to a 1.5-year high in the opening quarter of this year, while delinquencies on credit card bills fell, painting a mixed picture of how people are managing their debt.
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Mortgage lenders hunting for delinquent homeowners who have dodged their phone calls and letters are employing aggressive new methods to track them down, potentially making every knock on the door or fancy envelope seem like part of the pursuit. Even wedding invitations are suspect.
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The weekly survey from mortgage company Freddie Mac had rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages inching higher this week, up to an average 5.82 percent from last week&#39;s 5.81 percent.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Late payments and new foreclosures on adjustable-rate home mortgages made to people with spotty credit histories spiked to all-time highs in the first three months of this year.
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New figures show violent crime rising in the third quarter of last year and an increase in firearms offences.
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The sharp increases provide more evidence that the troubles in the housing and mortgage markets may prove long-lived.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get  worse before they get better, especially for the so-called  &quot;subprime&quot; borrowers whose spotty credit histories put them  into more costly loans.
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An explosion in overdue mortgages tailored to home buyers with less-than-sterling credit has driven foreclosure filings to record highs in Massachusetts.
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Mortgage rates are nearing a five-year high, raising the cost of home ownership for buyers by hundreds or thousands of dollars a year at a time when real estate markets are struggling with tepid demand and a surplus of houses for sale.
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EVEN MORTGAGE lenders cannot get their arms around the dramatic changes in the industry over the past several months. The fall of the subprime mortgage market and the subsequent resetting of underwriting guidelines, increases in foreclosure filings, and consumer anxiety have been dramatic to both borrower and lender alike.
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Fraud is running rampant in the nation's mortgage industry, with nearly three times as many reports of suspicious activity so far this year compared with 2001, a top FBI official said Friday.
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Late payments on U.S. mortgages  increased in the fourth quarter to their highest level in three  and a half years and foreclosures rose, driven by subprime  borrowers with weak credit, the Mortgage Bankers Association  said on Tuesday.
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Mortgage rates around the country crept up this week, although 30-year mortgages still were below the 6 percent level for a fourth straight week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
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U.S. foreclosures last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals more homeowners are unable to pay their mortgages