Monthly secondary marketing activity at the Federal National Mortgage Association jumped and stands at nearly double year-earlier levels. Home-loan delinquency fell to the lowest level in more than three years and hasn’t increased for more than two years. Past-due payments on apartment loans have declined each of the last six months.
During May, new business acquisitions totaled $71.574 billion at the Washington, D.C.-based company, according to monthly operating data released Friday.
Activity leapt from $52.470 billion in April and nearly doubled the $36.136 in secondary volume generated in May 2011.
Through May 31, new business acquisitions totaled $345.417 billion.
Fannie Mae reported a book of business of $3.1842 trillion as of the end of May, growing from $3.1815 trillion as of the end of April. But the balance has contracted from $3.2041 trillion in May 2011.
The most-recent book of business included a gross mortgage portfolio of $0.6761 trillion and $2.5081 trillion in outstanding mortgage-backed securities.
Residential delinquency of at least 90 days was 3.57 percent in May — the lowest rate since April 2009’s 3.42 percent.
The level of seriously delinquent loans was 3.63 percent a month earlier and 4.14 percent a year earlier.
The rate of late payments at Fannie has not increased since February 2010, when it was 5.59 percent.
Multifamily delinquency of at least 60 days was down for the sixth consecutive month to 0.31 percent in May. Apartment delinquency was 0.35 percent in April and 0.52 percent during the same month last year.
