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Tuesday, 10/08/2019 12:44:41 PM

Tuesday, October 08, 2019 12:44:41 PM

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Home foreclosure rates at 20-year low thanks to housing boom

Fewer homeowners are late with their mortgage payments.


Home foreclosure filings in the D-FW area are running half the national rate.

By Steve Brown - 4:19 AM on Oct 8, 2019

High home values have pushed home foreclosure rates across the country to the lowest level in 20 years.

The percentage of homes in foreclosure in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is even lower.

Only 0.4% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure in July, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.

And in North Texas, the foreclosure rate was half that - just 0.2%.

"Homeowners have seen a big rise in home equity, which lowers foreclosure risk because owners have more 'skin in the game,'" Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic, said in the report. "Our latest home equity report found that between the first quarter of 2011 and the second quarter of 2019, average equity per borrower increased from $75,000 to $176,000 and rose $5,000 in the past year alone."

With higher home values fewer homeowners with loans are underwater in their properties making foreclosure less likely.

Home foreclosures have steadily declined in the D-FW area during the last few years.

During the worst of the recession in 2010, about 1.5% of all North Texas home loans were in foreclosure.

Nationwide about 3.8% of homeowners with loans were behind in their payments - also a two-decade low.

In the D-FW area, 3.7% of home mortgage holders were one our more payments late.

Austin had the lowest mortgage delinquency rate in Texas - only 2.3%.

"The fundamentals of the housing market remain very solid with foreclosure rates hitting lows not seen in over 20 years," said Frank Martell, president and CEO of CoreLogic. "We expect foreclosure rates may very well drift even lower in the months ahead as wage growth and lower mortgage rates provide support for homeownership."



Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor. Steve covers commercial and residential real estate in Dallas-Fort Worth.