ore-->Foreclosure starts fell 25% from January, and 20% from the year prior, to the lowest level on record since we began publicly reporting the metric in January 2000. Likewise, the national foreclosure rate also edged downward in February, falling to 0.45%, the lowest since 2005, and within one basis point of an all-time low.

There are now 1,976,000 loans in some stage of delinquency (30 or more days past due or in active foreclosure). This is down more than 300K from the same time last year, and up just slightly from last month’s 14+ year low. Lastly, prepayments rose 8% from January as refinance activity began to ramp up as rates fell.

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