May Month-End Data Shows a Decrease in Delinquency Rate and Drop in Foreclosure Inventories

Press release from the issuing company

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Lender Processing Services, Inc., a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, reports the following "first look" at May 2011 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database of nearly 40 million mortgage loans.


Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure):

7.96%

Month-over-month change in delinquency rate:

-0.1%

Year-over-year change in delinquency rate:

-18.3%

Total U.S. foreclosure pre-sale inventory rate:

4.11%

Month-over-month change in foreclosure presale inventory rate:

-0.7%

Year-over-year change in foreclosure presale inventory rate:

12.3%

Number of properties that are 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure: (A)

4,187,000

Number of properties that are 90 or more days delinquent, but not in foreclosure:

1,921,000

Number of properties in foreclosure pre-sale inventory: (B)

2,164,000

Number of properties that are 30 or more days delinquent or in foreclosure: (A+B)

6,350,000

States with highest percentage of non-current* loans:

FL, NV, MS, NJ, IL

States with the lowest percentage of non-current* loans:

MT, WY, AK, SD, ND