Iowa ranked 14th in the nation for its foreclosure rate in last year’s fourth quarter as defaults across the country hit a record high, a new Mortgage Bankers Association report shows.
The report shows 2.05 percent of all Iowa loans were in foreclosure, about equal to U.S. rate of 2.04 percent. Iowa’s foreclosure rate was 1.83 percent in the third quarter.
The state’s fourth-quarter ranking, which tied with Oklahoma, was unchanged from the third quarter.
Iowa ranked 13th nationally for the rate of subprime borrowers in foreclosure in the fourth quarter, falling from seventh place in the third quarter.
The report shows that 10.39 percent of Iowans with subprime loans were in default. Subprime loans are typically higher-rate interest mortgages given to borrowers with blemished credit. Nationally, 8.65 percent of subprime borrowers were in foreclosure.
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