The Federal National Mortgage Association’s book of business climbed to a nearly three-year high, while delinquency fell to a nearly eight-year low.
As of the conclusion of last year, the total book of business at the Washington-based secondary mortgage lender worked out to $3.1442 trillion.
Fannie Mae grew the total from Nov. 30, 2016, when it was $3.1442 trillion. It also expanded from Dec. 31, 2015, when it was $3.0994 trillion.
The Dec. 31, 2016, total was comprised of an $0.2724 trillion gross mortgage portfolio and
$2.8719 trillion in outstanding mortgage-backed securities and other guarantees.
The financial institution provided the details along with other operational metrics in its monthly summary for December 2016.
New business acquisitions totaled $61.671 billion during the final month of last year. Business decelerated from $64.514 billion in November but was well above $36.868 billion in December 2015.
Full-year 2016 new business acquisitions amounted to $637.425 billion
— the strongest year since 2013, when the total was $796.562 billion. In 2015, Fannie’s new business acquisitions were $515.541 billion.
The government-controlled enterprise reported a single-family 90-day delinquency rate of 1.20 percent — the lowest since it was 1.15 percent in March 2008. Serious mortgage delinquency was 1.23 percent at the end of November and 1.55 percent at the end of 2015.
On its commercial real estate loan portfolio, multifamily delinquency of at least 60 days closed out last month at 0.05 percent, a basis point less than as of Nov. 30, 2016, and 2 BPS better than as of Dec. 31, 2015.
