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Mortgage Delinquency Rate

Share of single-family mortgage balances past due.

Mortgage Delinquency Rate
1.9%
Percent · latest, Jan 2026
vs prior quarter▲ 0.1 pp
vs year ago▲ 0.1 pp
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 20202%4%6%8%10%19952000200520102015202020251.9%
Mortgage Delinquency Rate — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearMortgage Delinquency Rate
19913.3%
19922.8%
19932.4%
19942.1%
19952.2%
19962.3%
19972.2%
19982.0%
19992.0%
20002.2%
20012.3%
20022.0%
20031.8%
20041.4%
20051.6%
20061.9%
20073.1%
20086.6%
200910.4%
201010.3%
201110.3%
201210.0%
20138.3%
20146.5%
20155.1%
20164.1%
20173.6%
20182.8%
20192.3%
20202.8%
20212.3%
20221.8%
20231.7%
20241.8%
20251.8%
20261.9%

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Source: FRED · DRSFRMACBS · series · Jan 1991 to Jan 2026 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Share of single-family mortgage balances past due.

Share of single-family residential mortgage balances at commercial banks that are past due.

Source: FRED · Jan 2026 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.