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OCC reports on third quarter mortgage performance
On December 15, the OCC announced the release of OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Third Quarter 2022, in which it reported that “97.2 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared to 95.6 percent a year earlier.” As explained in the report, servicers initiated 9,835 new foreclosures in the third quarter of 2022—a decrease from the previous quarter but an increase from a year ago. The foreclosure volume in this reporting period is lower than pre-Covid-19 pandemic foreclosure volumes, the OCC said. Servicers also completed 16,160 mortgage modifications in the third quarter—a 42.5 percent decrease from the previous quarter. Of these modifications, 72.4 percent reduced a loan’s pre-modification monthly payment, and 93.1 percent consisted of a combination modification containing multiple actions such as interest rate reductions and term extensions. Additionally, the OCC found that during the reporting period, first-lien mortgages represented 22 percent of all outstanding residential mortgage debt (or approximately 12 million loans equaling $2.7 trillion in principal balances).