Refinancings totaled $32.7 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to $15.4 billion in the same quarter of 2011, according to the newly released December “Monthly Report to the Commissioner.”
The streamline refinance program for pre-June 2009 FHA-insured loans was launched in June 2012 and it’s still going strong. In December, FHA endorsed $10.6 billion in refinanced loans.
Overall, FHA originations (excluding reverse mortgages) held up pretty well in the fourth quarter. Lenders originated nearly $20 billion in FHA-insured loans in December, $21 billion in November and $22.7 billion in October.
For the full year, FHA endorsed $232.4 billion in single-family loans. (The December commissioner report did not contain fourth-quarter data on FHA-insured reverse mortgages.)
On the servicing side, FHA ended 2012 with a 9.48% serious delinquency rate, down from a 10.44% rate in December 2011.
As of Dec. 31, FHA servicers were managing 734,660 loans that are 90 days or more past due and 37,980 REO properties.
