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Long-Term Mortgage Delinquencies Seriously Under-Reported

• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Mike Shedlock

Hi Mish,

 
I thought you might be interested in the important clarification I just received from my contact at the NY State Dept. of Financial Services.
 
A few weeks ago, I sent you the latest update (attached again) of pre-foreclosure notices sent to delinquent homeowners in NYC and LI. I had noticed that 80% were listed as delinquent for less than 60 days. I asked my contact why that percentage was so high when he had been telling me for several years that over 40% of these notices were repeat notices – sent to long-term delinquents.
 
His response was that for repeat notices, the mortgage servicers often provided the same information as on the original notice. For example, if a repeat notice was sent two years after the initial one, the length of delinquency was not changed from that first one. That was why a second notice where the borrower might be three years delinquent could show a delinquency of 60 days.
 


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