The prime loan delinquency rate was 7.08 % so that gives you an idea how well the VA mortgages are performing sided by side with traditional good credit loans.
Not exact matches
Even
prime delinquencies are on the rise — Fitch Ratings» survey said that last month's
prime auto
loans were 21 percent more delinquent than in July 2015.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
Loan Performance; Mortgage Bankers Association * MBA
delinquency data includes Alt - A in
prime.
The growth in
delinquencies on
prime variable
loans is also noteworthy in Graph 7 but this predominantly reflects higher arrears on Alt - A
loans, which are categorised as
prime loans in the Mortgage Bankers Association data used here.
For example, the study found lower
delinquency rates (9 %) with near -
prime alternative - financing borrowers who had eight or more alternative
loans over the course of seven years.
Total
delinquency rates and foreclosure starts fell from the previous quarter for most types of home
loans, including
prime fixed,
prime adjustable - rate mortgage (ARM), sub-
prime fixed and sub-
prime ARM.
«The seasonally adjusted
delinquency rate increased 47 basis points for
prime loans (from 3.24 percent to 3.71 percent) and 148 basis points for subprime
loans (from 17.31 percent to 18.79 percent).
«The
delinquency rate,» says the MBA, «decreased 81 basis points for
prime loans (from 7.10 percent to 6.29 percent), 79 basis points for subprime
loans (from 27.02 percent to 26.23 percent), 67 basis points for FHA
loans (from 13.29 percent to 12.62 percent) and 35 basis points for VA
loans (from 7.79 percent to 7.44 percent).»
As a result, lenders continue to be misled into treating
loan applicants with poor credit as
prime - credit candidates — worsening already critical fraud and
delinquency problems in the mortgage market.
As a result, lenders continue to be misled into treating
loan applicants with poor credit as
prime - credit candidates - worsening already critical fraud and
delinquency problems in the mortgage market.
That risk was highlighted in March, when the Mortgage Bankers Association revealed that there had been a significant increase in
delinquencies for all mortgage
loans last year, including an increase of 10 basis points for
prime loans, 170 basis points for sub-
prime loans and 28 basis points for FHA
loans.