Fannie Mae had its worst month for secondary activity in more than two years. The good news is that residential delinquency was at its lowest level in nearly five years.
During October, new business acquisitions at the Washington, D.C.-based company were $49.209 billion, according to a monthly summary.
Based on historical data from the government-controlled enterprise, activity has not been this slow since August 2011, when new business acquisitions totaled $44.306 billion.
Volume worked out to $55.973 billion a month earlier, while it came in at $79.355 billion a year earlier.
During the first 10 months of 2013, secondary activity amounted to $714.798 billion.
At $3.1656 trillion, Fannie’s total book of business was higher than $3.1636 trillion as of Sept. 30. But the total has fallen from Oct. 31, 2012, when it stood at $3.1932 trillion.
The Oct. 31, 2013, total included an $0.5048 trillion gross mortgage portfolio and $$2.6608 trillion in outstanding mortgage-backed securities and other guarantees.
Fannie said its residential delinquency of at least 90 days fell to 2.48 percent from 2.55 percent at the end of September. Delinquency was 3.35 percent at the same point in 2012.
Serious delinquency hasn’t been this low since it was 2.42 percent in December 2008.
At 0.13 percent, multifamily delinquency of at least 60 days was down 5 basis points from September and 15 BPS better than in October 2012.
