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Mortgage delinquency rates in the United States from 2000 to 1st quarter 2026

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Release date

May 2026

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to Q1 2026

Supplementary notes

The data has been collected from multiple publications by the same source.

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.

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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 2026, **** 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.