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3.4 Million Loans Already in Forbearance - Black Knight
Friday, April 24, 2020
March is typically the strongest month of the year for
mortgage performance, probably because, according to Black Knight the receipt
of tax refunds allows delinquent borrowers to catch up on their payments. However,
last month the delinquency rate rose 3.39 percent, the first time they have
increased in March since the turn of the century. Not even during the Great
Recession was there a March uptick. The company says that forbearances are included in its
statistics as delinquencies even though, under the CARES Act, they are not
reported as such to the credit bureaus. Along with its regular "First Look" at
mortgage performance, Black Knight also updated its daily forbearance tracking. The number of mortgages that were 30 days or more past
due but not in foreclosure reached 1.8 million in March, an increase of 55,000
from February. Despite the 3.39 percent change, those delinquencies were down
7.25 percent compared to March 2019.
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