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76 NATIONAL SNAPSHOT Regional DELINQUENCY'S CONTINUED DOWNWARD SLIDE While delinquency rates continued to hit historic lows, one mountainous state known for its skiing featured the lowest rate in the nation at 2 percent. By Molly Boesel In June 2018, 4.3 percent of home mort- gages were in some stage of delinquency, down from 4.6 percent a year earlier and the lowest for the month of June since 2006, when it was 4.2 percent, according to CoreLogic's Loan Performance Insights Report released in September 2018. e measure, also known as the overall delinquency rate, includes all home loans 30 days or more past due, includ- ing those in foreclosure. For the month of June, the share of delinquent mortgages was highest in June 2010, at 11.3 percent. During the precrisis period (2000–2006), the share of delinquent mortgages averaged 4.7 percent. e foreclosure inventory rate—meaning the share of mortgages in some stage of the foreclosure process—was 0.5 percent in June 2018, down from 0.7 percent a year earlier and the lowest level since 2006. e foreclosure rate is now below the average precrisis level of 0.6 percent. e share of mortgages that were 30 to 59 days past due—con- sidered early-stage delinquencies—was 2 percent in June 2018, unchanged from June 2017. e share of mortgages 60 to 89 days past due was 0.6 percent in June 2018, also unchanged from June 2017. In addition to delinquency rates, CoreLogic tracks the rate at which mortgages transition from one stage of delinquency to the next, such as going from current to 30 days past due. Figure 1 shows that in June the current- to 30-day transition rate remained well below levels during the housing crisis. e June 2018 current- to 30-day rate was 0.9 percent, unchanged from June 2017. e 30- to 60-day transition rate was 15.9 percent in June 2018, unchanged from June 2017, while the 60- to 90-day transition rate was 25.5 percent this June, down from 26.7 percent a year earlier. Figure 2 shows the states with the highest and lowest share of mortgages 30 days or more delinquent. In June 2018, that rate was highest in Mississippi at 8 percent and lowest in Colorado at 2 percent. ree states showed increases in their 30-plus-day delinquency rate from a year earlier. e rate in Florida increased 0.6 percentage points (from 5.2 percent in June 2017 to 5.8 percent in June 2018), and North Dakota and Texas both saw an increase of 0.1 percentage points. Figure 3 shows the 30+-day past-due rate for June 2018 for the 10 largest metro areas. Miami had the highest rate at 7.2 percent, increasing from 6.2 percent in June 2017, while San Francisco had the lowest at 1.5 percent. Both Miami and Houston saw significant year- over-year increases in their delinquency rates—both up 1 percentage point from their June 2017 rates. STATS AT A GLANCE The nation's overall delinquency rate was 4.3 percent. Overall, U.S. mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates are the lowest for June in 12 years. Colorado had the lowest delinquency rate of any state.

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