U.S. mortgage delinquency rate 2000-2023

Under the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the mortgage delinquency rate in the United States spiked to 8.22 percent in the second quarter of 2020, just one percent down from its peak of 9.3 percent during the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2010. Following the drastic increase directly after the outbreak of the pandemic, delinquency rates started gradually declining and reached 3.62 percent in the third quarter of 2023.

‘Mortgage delinquency rate’

The mortgage delinquency rate is the share of the total number of mortgaged home loans in the U.S. where payment is overdue by 30 days or more. Many borrowers are eventually able to service their loan though, with foreclosure rates at below one percent since 2018. Total home mortgage debt in the U.S. stood at almost 12 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021.

‘Subprime mortgages’

‘Subprime’ loans, being targeted at high-risk borrowers and generally coupled with higher interest rates to compensate for the risk, have far higher delinquency rates than conventional loans. Defaulting on such loans was one of the triggers for the 2007-2010 financial crisis, with subprime delinquency rates reaching almost 26 percent around this time. These higher delinquency rates translate into higher foreclosure rates, which peaked at just under 15 percent of all subprime mortgages in 2011.

Mortgage delinquency rates in the United States from 2000 to 3rd quarter 2023

Characteristic	Mortgage delinquency rates
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

November 2023

More information

Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to Q3 2023

Supplementary notes

Number of loans delinquent 30 days or more as percentage of mortgage loans serviced in survey. Annual average of quarterly figures. Delinquency rate does not include loans in the process of foreclosure.
Covers one- to four-family residential non farm mortgage loans. Mortgage origination is the making of a new mortgage, including all steps taken by a lender to attract and qualify a borrower, process the mortgage loan, and place it on the lender’s books.
Based on the national Delinquency Survey which covers 45 million loans on one- to four unit properties, representing between 80 to 85 percent of all 'first lien' residential mortgage loan outstanding. Loans surveyed were reported by approximately 120 lenders, including mortgage bankers, commercial banks and thrifts.

Citation formats