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A recent Mortgage Banks Association (MBA) report revealed that overall, delinquencies and foreclosures are on a decline, and when gauging where the U.S. housing market stands in terms of recovery, Jay Brinkmann, MBA’s chief economist and SVP for research and education, said we are about halfway to the pre-recession days.
The MBA released its 2011 4th quarter national delinquency survey results Thursday. Delinquency in the report is defined as loans that are at least one payment past due but not in the process of foreclosure.
Overall, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four unit residential properties decreased to 7.58 percent, compared to 7.99 percent for the third quarter, and 8.25 percent a year ago during the fourth quarter in 2010.
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