From 24/7 Wall Street:
Mortgage loan delinquency (the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days past due) increased for the 11th straight quarter, hitting an all-time national average high of 6.25 percent for the third quarter of 2009, according to credit rating firm TransUnion. At the current rate, delinquencies would hit a one-year high this year.
Delinquencies are a good predictor of foreclosures, so TransUnion expects that figure to rise as well.
It is not a surprise, based on past data, that...
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