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By msnbc.com news services
The delinquency rate on U.S. home mortgages fell in the first quarter to the lowest level since 2008, though the share of homes in the foreclosure process inched higher, an industry group said on Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted delinquency rate on all loans fell to 7.40 percent from 7.58 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, and down from 8.32 percent a year ago, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
It was the lowest level since the third quarter of 2008, matching the record set in the fourth quarter of last year.
"The delinquency picture is getting better. It's been getting better for some time and this is another important step in that," said Jay Brinkmann, MBA's chief economist.
The delinquency rate includes mortgages that are at least one payment behind but does not include loans in the foreclosure process.
That rate peaked at 10.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010 in the wake of the housing market collapse.
The number of loans that were one payment past due fell to 3.13 percent from 3.22 percent, bringing it in line with the long-term average of 3.1 percent, said Brinkmann.
The percentage of homes that were 90 days late or more or in the foreclosure process - considered in serious delinquency - eased to 7.44 percent from 7.73 percent in the fourth quarter, and down from 8.10 a year earlier.
But the number of loans in the foreclosure process edged up slightly to 4.39 percent from 4.38 percent in the previous quarter, though it was down from 4.52 in the first quarter of last year.
The inventory figures are not seasonally adjusted.
As well, fewer homes saw foreclosure actions initiated in the first months of the year. Seasonally adjusted foreclosure starts fell to 0.93 percent of loans from 1.04 in the fourth quarter and 1.03 a year ago.
Even death is not enough to shake off student loan debt. One New Jersey family learned this in the most awful way imaginable.
When Amanda Greenhalgh died at the age of 24 in 2010, her father and grandmother were on the hook for more than $100,000 in loans used to pay for her degree at Penn State University, The star ledger
Greenhalgh, who was was earning $74,000 a year, hadn't missed a payment. Her loans were with Sallie Mae, reportedly one of the few lenders that has a death and disability policy -- which allows family members to discharge student loans if they can provide a death certificate for the student.
The family contacted Sallie Mae several times, but they were re-directed to call centers in the Philippines with no one available to oblige the request, the family toldThe Star-Ledger. Sallie Mae did not forgive the loan amount until after the family contacted Bamboozled, a consumer affairs column for The Star-Ledger, the paper reported this week. Repair your credit issues now
Most lenders do not have a clear policy about what happens to a co-signed student loan when the borrower dies or becomes disabled. After Rutgers University student Christopher Bryski passed away in 2006, leaving behind a $50,000 student loan balance, his family, who had originally co-signed his loan, paid off 40 percent of his debt and engaged in a lengthy battle with loan provider KeyBank before getting the remaining balance cleared.
As a result of the Bryski family's struggles, Congressional legislators introduced a bill known as the Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act. The bill would have required lenders to make it clear to students what will happen to their loans at the time of their death. It passed the House in 2010, but didn't make it through the Senate.
With the country's student debt load now 25 percent higher than it was in 2008, many young Americans are facing the mounting pressure of their loan payments in the still weak job market. Based on reported data from nearly 100 schools, the Institute for College Access & Success' Project on Student Debt has estimated that 90 percent of students from the class of 2010 carried an average amount exceeding $35,000 in student debt, according to USA Today
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