Forbearances Declining Faster; Homebuying Sentiment Erodes; Are Rates Doomed?
The number of homeowners in forbearance receded at a brisk clip last week as the first wave of final expirations continues. Black Knight reports the number of active plans dropped by about 10 percent during the week ended October 12 , a reduction of 143,000. This comes on the heels of a 177,000 drop the prior week. The declines were seen across all investor classes with the largest, 88,000, in the number of loans serviced for bank portfolios and private label securities (PLS). This lowered the forborne share of those loans by 19 percent. Twenty-two thousand FHA and VA loans exited the program along with 33,000 loans serviced for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the GSEs. At the end of the reporting period 1.25 million loans remained in COVID-19 related plans, representing 2.4 percent of the nation
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