Florida, California push foreclosure starts
South Florida Business Journal
Florida and California make up a disproportionate part of foreclosure starts in the U.S. and helped push the national number to new highs, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
California and Florida together represent 21 percent of all loans outstanding, but accounted for 30 percent of foreclosure starts in the country, the report said. They also accounted for 39 percent of all prime adjustable-rate mortgages outstanding and 47 percent of prime ARM foreclosure starts.
Together, the make up 29 percent of all subprime ARMs and 36 percent of subprime ARM foreclosure starts.
In Florida, the percentage of loans on which a foreclosure was started during the quarter rose to 1.46 percent from 1.09 percent in the third quarter. The percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at the end of the quarter climbed to 3.22 percent from 2.19 percent.
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties, which does not include loans in the process of foreclosures, for the state was up to 7.47 percent, up from 6.47 percent in the third quarter.
The delinquency rate for prime loans increased to 4.57 percent from 3.9 percent. Subprime loans had a much higher delinquency rate, up to 19.76 percent from 17.2 percent.
Nationally, the delinquency rate was 5.82 percent, up from 5.79 percent in the third quarter.
The percentage of loans on which a foreclosure was started increased to .83 of a percent from .78 of a percent, and the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process at the end of the quarter was 2.04 percent, up from 1.69 percent.
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