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The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.38 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) National Delinquency Survey. For the purposes of the survey, MBA asks servicers to report loans in forbearance as delinquent if the payment was not made based on the original terms of the mortgage. The delinquency rate was down 35 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2020, and up 202 basis points from one year ago. "Mortgage delinque...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: March 13, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary of President Trump's declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. Through the CARES Act, agency action and guidance, and various state laws and executive orders, governments across jurisdictions acted quickly to provide mortgage relief to homeowners at risk of default. Even with all that regulatory and legislative might brought to bear, the inability of homeowners to pay their mortgages remains widespread—and a focus of lawmakers. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that 5.14...

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