Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on All Loans, All Commercial Banks (DRALACBN) from Q1 1985 to Q1 2025 about delinquencies, commercial, loans, 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.

In the first quarter of 2025, roughly **** percent of all consumer loans at commercial banks in the United States were delinquent. The delinquency rate on this type of credit has been rising again since 2021. Loans are delinquent when the borrower does not pay their obligations on time. One of the reasons for the delinquency rate decreasing during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic was that the personal saving rate in the U.S. soared during that period. What is the trend in consumer credit levels in the United States? Consumer credit refers to the various types of loans and credit extended to individuals for personal use, often to fund everyday purchases or larger expenses. When credit levels rise, it often signals that consumers are more confident in their ability to manage debt and make future payments. After a period of strong growth between 2021 and early 2023, consumer credit in the United States has been growing at a slower pace. By early 2024, consumer credit levels reached over **** trillion U.S. dollars. What is the main channel for acquiring consumer credit? In 2024, the leading type of consumer credit among consumers in the U.S. was credit card bills. Credit card usage in the North American country was substantial and credit card penetration was expected to reach over **** percent by 2029. Car loans ranked next as a common source of consumer credit, while other types of debt, such as medical bills, home equity lines of credit, and personal educational loans, had lower percentages.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Loans to Finance Agricultural Production, All Commercial Banks (DRFAPGACBN) from Q1 1987 to Q1 2025 about delinquencies, finance, agriculture, commercial, production, loans, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

As of March 2025, the 30-day delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) varied per property type. The share of late payments for office CMBS was the highest at over **** percent, about ***** percentage points higher than the average for all asset classes. A 30-day delinquency refers to payments that are one month late, regardless of how many days the month has. Commercial mortgage-backed securities are fixed-income investment products which are backed by mortgages on commercial property.

United States - Delinquency Rate on Business Loans, All Commercial Banks was 1.30% in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Delinquency Rate on Business Loans, All Commercial Banks reached a record high of 6.75 in April of 1987 and a record low of 0.72 in October of 2014. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Delinquency Rate on Business Loans, All Commercial Banks - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July 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.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Commercial Real Estate Loans (Excluding Farmland), Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks (DRCRELEXFACBS) from Q1 1991 to Q1 2025 about farmland, domestic offices, delinquencies, real estate, commercial, domestic, loans, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

Delinquency rates for credit cards picked up in 2025 in the United States, leading to the highest rates observed since 2008. This is according to a collection of one of the United States' federal banks across all commercial banks. The high delinquency rates were joined by the highest U.S. credit card charge-off rates since the Financial Crisis of 2008. Delinquency rates, or the share of credit card loans overdue a payment for more than ** days, can sometimes lead into charge-off, or a writing off the loan, after about six to 12 months. These figures on the share of credit card balances that are overdue developed significantly between 2021 and 2025: Delinquencies were at their lowest point in 2021 but increased to one of their highest points by 2025. This is reflected in the growing credit card debt in the United States, which reached an all-time high in 2023.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Delinquency Rate on Consumer Loans, All Commercial Banks (DRCLACBS) from Q1 1987 to Q1 2025 about delinquencies, commercial, loans, consumer, banks, depository institutions, rate, and USA.

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.

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.

United States Delinquency Rate: sa: Consumer: Others data was reported at 2.050 % in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.030 % for Jun 2018. United States Delinquency Rate: sa: Consumer: Others data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.760 % from Mar 1991 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 111 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.700 % in Jun 2009 and a record low of 1.820 % in Mar 2016. United States Delinquency Rate: sa: Consumer: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.KB002: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Real Estate data was reported at 1.240 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.200 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Real Estate data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.360 % from Mar 1987 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.530 % in Mar 2010 and a record low of 1.190 % in Jun 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Real Estate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

The delinquency rate on real estate loans at commercial banks in the United States rose slightly between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2024. Nevertheless, delinquencies remained below the 2020 levels, when the share of loans past due 30 days rose due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the gap between residential and commercial real estate loans has narrowed, with the delinquency rate for commercial real estate rising faster than for residential.

United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Agricultural data was reported at 1.660 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.970 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Agricultural data is updated quarterly, averaging 1.860 % from Mar 1987 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.670 % in Mar 1987 and a record low of 0.390 % in Dec 2014. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Agricultural data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

United States Delinquency Rate: Real Estate: Commercial data was reported at 0.780 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.740 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Real Estate: Commercial data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.180 % from Mar 1991 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 109 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.490 % in Mar 1991 and a record low of 0.740 % in Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Real Estate: Commercial data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

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.

United States Delinquency Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data was reported at 2.480 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.430 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.230 % from Mar 1991 to Mar 2018, with 109 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.870 % in Jun 2009 and a record low of 2.050 % in Jun 2015. United States Delinquency Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.