Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks (DRSFRMACBS) from Q1 1991 to Q1 2025 about domestic offices, delinquencies, 1-unit structures, mortgage, family, residential, commercial, domestic, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

Following the drastic increase directly after the COVID-19 pandemic, the delinquency rate started to gradually decline, falling below *** percent in the second quarter of 2023. In the second half of 2023, the delinquency rate picked up, but remained stable throughout 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, **** percent of mortgage loans were delinquent. That was significantly lower than the **** percent during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 or the peak of *** percent during the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2010. What does the mortgage delinquency rate tell us? 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 eventually manage to service their loan, though, as indicated by the markedly lower foreclosure rates. Total home mortgage debt in the U.S. stood at almost ** trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. Not all mortgage loans are made equal ‘Subprime’ loans, being targeted at high-risk borrowers and generally coupled with higher interest rates to compensate for the risk. These loans 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 ** percent around this time. These higher delinquency rates translate into higher foreclosure rates, which peaked at just under ** percent of all subprime mortgages in 2011.

The Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 was a period of severe macroeconomic instability for the United States and the global economy more generally. The crisis was precipitated by the collapse of a number of financial institutions who were deeply involved in the U.S. mortgage market and associated credit markets. Beginning in the Summer of 2007, a number of banks began to report issues with increasing mortgage delinquencies and the problem of not being able to accurately price derivatives contracts which were based on bundles of these U.S. residential mortgages. By the end of 2008, U.S. financial institutions had begun to fail due to their exposure to the housing market, leading to one of the deepest recessions in the history of the United States and to extensive government bailouts of the financial sector.

Subprime and the collapse of the U.S. mortgage market

The early 2000s had seen explosive growth in the U.S. mortgage market, as credit became cheaper due to the Federal Reserve's decision to lower interest rates in the aftermath of the 2001 'Dot Com' Crash, as well as because of the increasing globalization of financial flows which directed funds into U.S. financial markets. Lower mortgage rates gave incentive to financial institutions to begin lending to riskier borrowers, using so-called 'subprime' loans. These were loans to borrowers with poor credit scores, who would not have met the requirements for a conventional mortgage loan. In order to hedge against the risk of these riskier loans, financial institutions began to use complex financial instruments known as derivatives, which bundled mortgage loans together and allowed the risk of default to be sold on to willing investors. This practice was supposed to remove the risk from these loans, by effectively allowing credit institutions to buy insurance against delinquencies. Due to the fraudulent practices of credit ratings agencies, however, the price of these contacts did not reflect the real risk of the loans involved. As the reality of the inability of the borrowers to repay began to kick in during 2007, the financial markets which traded these derivatives came under increasing stress and eventually led to a 'sudden stop' in trading and credit intermediation during 2008.

Market Panic and The Great Recession

As borrowers failed to make repayments, this had a knock-on effect among financial institutions who were highly leveraged with financial instruments based on the mortgage market. Lehman Brothers, one of the world's largest investment banks, failed on September 15th 2008, causing widespread panic in financial markets. Due to the fear of an unprecedented collapse in the financial sector which would have untold consequences for the wider economy, the U.S. government and central bank, The Fed, intervened the following day to bailout the United States' largest insurance company, AIG, and to backstop financial markets. The crisis prompted a deep recession, known colloquially as The Great Recession, drawing parallels between this period and The Great Depression. The collapse of credit intermediation in the economy lead to further issues in the real economy, as business were increasingly unable to pay back loans and were forced to lay off staff, driving unemployment to a high of almost 10 percent in 2010. While there has been criticism of the U.S. government's actions to bailout the financial institutions involved, the actions of the government and the Fed are seen by many as having prevented the crisis from spiraling into a depression of the magnitude of The Great Depression.

The S&P/Experian first mortgage default index stood at **** as of May 2022, meaning that based on data from the most recent three months, the annualized share of default first mortgages was **** percent. This was lower than the default rate index of second mortgages and home equity loans. Although the index rose in 2022, it remained below the levels observed in the first two months of 2020 when it amounted to approximately *** percent.

United States - Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks was 1.82% in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks reached a record high of 11.36 in January of 2010 and a record low of 1.40 in January of 2005. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

Mortgage delinquency rates increased in most states in 2024. That year, the percentage of total mortgage debt that was more than ** days delinquent was the highest in Louisiana, at **** percent. Conversely, Wisconsin and Montana had the lowest delinquency rates, at under **** percent. The overall mortgage delinquency rate in the United States declined since spiking at the beginning of the pandemic, as the U.S. job market rebounded over the course of 2020 and 2021.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans had the highest delinquency rate in the United States in 2024. As of the second quarter of the year, **** percent of one-to-four family housing mortgage loans were ** days or more delinquent. This percentage was lower for conventional loans and Veterans Administration loans. Despite a slight increase, the delinquency rate for all mortgages was one of the lowest on record.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Commercial Real Estate Loans (Excluding Farmland), Booked in Domestic Offices, Banks Ranked 1st to 100th Largest in Size by Assets (DRCRELEXFT100S) from Q1 1991 to Q1 2025 about farmland, domestic offices, delinquencies, real estate, commercial, domestic, assets, loans, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

The S&P/Experian second mortgage default index stood at **** as of May 2022, meaning that based on data from the most recent three months, the annualized share of default second mortgages and home equity loans was **** percent. This was higher than the first mortgage default rate for the same period. Although the index rose in 2022, it remained below the levels observed in December 2017, when it spiked at **** percent.

This statistic presents the mortgage delinquency rates for prime conventional loans in the United States from 2000 to 2016. The mortgage delinquency rate for prime conventional loans in the United States amounted to 2.8 percent in 2016.

Graph and download economic data for Mortgage Delinquency Rates for United States (Q09084USQ507NNBR) from Q3 1953 to Q2 1963 about delinquencies, mortgage, rate, and USA.

In Hong Kong's banking sector, the default rate on mortgages is very low. In 2024, the delinquency ratio of residential mortgage lending by authorized banking institutions stood at ****. The value of issued mortgages exceeded **** trillion Hong Kong dollars.

Homeowners in financial distress can use bankruptcy to avoid defaulting on their mortgages, since filing loosens their budget constraints. But the 2005 bankruptcy reform made bankruptcy less favorable to homeowners and therefore caused mortgage defaults to rise. We test this relationship and find that the reform caused prime and subprime mortgage default rates to rise by 23% and 14%, respectively. Default rates rose even more for homeowners who were particularly negatively affected by the reform. We calculate that bankruptcy reform caused mortgage default rates to rise by one percentage point even before the start of the financial crisis. (JEL D14, G01, G21, K35)

The mortgage delinquency rate for Veterans Administration (VA) loans in the United States has decreased since 2020. Under the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the mortgage delinquency rate for VA loans spiked from **** percent in the first quarter of 2020 to **** percent in the second quarter of the year. In the second quarter of 2024, the delinquency rate amounted to **** percent. Historically, VA mortgages have significantly lower delinquency rate than conventional mortgages.

United Kingdom Credit Cond: UL: L3: HH: Default Rate: Credit Card Loan data was reported at -11.200 % Point in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.100 % Point for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Credit Cond: UL: L3: HH: Default Rate: Credit Card Loan data is updated quarterly, averaging -10.300 % Point from Jun 2007 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 61.000 % Point in Mar 2009 and a record low of -43.800 % Point in Mar 2012. United Kingdom Credit Cond: UL: L3: HH: Default Rate: Credit Card Loan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of England. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.KB018: Credit Conditions Survey: Unsecured Lending: Last 3 Months.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on All Loans, All Commercial Banks (DRALACBS) from Q1 1985 to Q1 2025 about delinquencies, commercial, loans, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

In 2023, the delinquency rates of all types of mortgage lenders in Canada increased. As of the fourth quarter of the year, approximately 1.05 percent of loans in the loan portfolios of mortgage investment entities (MIEs) were classified as delinquent, which was a decrease from the 0.78 percent delinquency rate a year ago. A loan is reported by lenders as being delinquent after 270 days of late payments.

Since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, many businesses have had to close their doors or have struggled to pay rent. As a result, commercial property landlords suffered loss of income, leading to failure to repay mortgage loans. In 2020, the default rate of commercial real estate mortgages rose to *** percent, which is the highest value observed since the global financial crisis.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks (DRCCLACBS) from Q1 1991 to Q1 2025 about credit cards, delinquencies, commercial, loans, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

United Kingdom Credit Cond: CL: L3: Default Rate: Small Business data was reported at 10.900 % Point in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of -19.700 % Point for Mar 2018. United Kingdom Credit Cond: CL: L3: Default Rate: Small Business data is updated quarterly, averaging -6.800 % Point from Dec 2009 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.000 % Point in Dec 2009 and a record low of -34.800 % Point in Jun 2015. United Kingdom Credit Cond: CL: L3: Default Rate: Small Business data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of England. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.KB020: Credit Conditions Survey: Corporate Lending: Last 3 Months.