Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Countrywide Foreclosures: December 2007

Today, Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC) released their December Operational Results showing again that delinquencies and foreclosures are continuing to remain at troubling levels with delinquencies climbing 20.72% and foreclosures soaring over 105% since December of 2006.

Prior to January 2007, Countrywide reported foreclosure data as a percentage of the total number of loans serviced which obviously lacked complete clarity.

Below, are charts of both measures; delinquencies and foreclosures by total number of loans serviced and foreclosures by percentage of unpaid loan principle (Click for larger versions).

Either way you slice it, Countrywide is looking at some significant increases in foreclosure activity but notice that for the “unpaid loan principle” method, things are really looking dire.

Be sure to check out the Countrywide Financial Foreclosures (REO) Blog’s Inventory Tracker for some more startling evidence that foreclosures are skyrocketing over at Countrywide Financial as well as some excellent REO tracking features.