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FHA/VA Forbearances Continue to Climb
Friday, July 31, 2020
As of Wednesday, there were 4.102
million mortgages in forbearance plans. This is 7.7 percent of the 53 million
loans in servicer portfolios. Black Knight said its weekly survey noted a
17,000-loan decrease in total forborne loans over the previous week. What
remains represents $879 million in unpaid principal. The number of GSE loans (Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac) loans in forbearance fell by 30,000 to 1.595 million, 5.7
percent of its total portfolio and an unpaid balance of $335 billion. Loans serviced
for portfolio and private label securities (PLS) were also down, declining by
5,000 to 1.072 million or 8.2 percent of the total. However, loans serviced for
Ginnie Mae, which guarantees FHA, VA, and USDA loans, rose by 18,000 loans to
the highest level, 1.435 million, since early July. It was the third straight
week of increases in that portfolio and brought the share of forbearances to
11.9 percent of the Ginnie Mae portfolio and a balance of $247 billion.
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