OCC Reports Slight Improvement in Mortgage Performance

News Release 2019-110 | September 30, 2019

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported a slight improvement in the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during the second quarter of 2019.

The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Second Quarter 2019 showed 96.1 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared to 95.6 percent a year earlier.

The report also showed that servicers initiated 21,409 new foreclosures during the second quarter of 2019­, a 22.5 percent decrease from the previous quarter and a 27.7 percent decrease from a year ago. Servicers completed 15,683 mortgage modifications in the second quarter of 2019, and 71.7 percent of the modifications reduced borrowers’ monthly payments.

The first-lien mortgages included in the OCC’s quarterly report comprise 30 percent of all residential mortgages outstanding in the United States or approximately 16.3 million loans totaling $3.15 trillion in principal balances. This report provides information on mortgage performance through June 30, 2019, and it can be downloaded from the OCC’s website, www.occ.gov.

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