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Anna Helhoski

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Again, since there are delays in data reporting, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly why delinquencies are happening, but usually it's due to a perfect storm situation.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Again, since there are delays in data reporting, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly why delinquencies are happening, but usually it's due to a perfect storm situation.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Again, since there are delays in data reporting, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly why delinquencies are happening, but usually it's due to a perfect storm situation.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Recent data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that delinquency rates on government housing loans, that's federal housing administration or FHA loans, as well as Department of Veteran Affair loans, outpaced late payments on conventional mortgages in the fourth quarter of last year. The report showed that delinquencies on conventional mortgages remained near historic lows.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Recent data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that delinquency rates on government housing loans, that's federal housing administration or FHA loans, as well as Department of Veteran Affair loans, outpaced late payments on conventional mortgages in the fourth quarter of last year. The report showed that delinquencies on conventional mortgages remained near historic lows.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Recent data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that delinquency rates on government housing loans, that's federal housing administration or FHA loans, as well as Department of Veteran Affair loans, outpaced late payments on conventional mortgages in the fourth quarter of last year. The report showed that delinquencies on conventional mortgages remained near historic lows.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Now, government loans like VA and FHA loans are available for people who most need it, including first-time homebuyers, seniors who own their homes, and people who are buying manufactured homes. All of those borrowers tend to have lower incomes or little savings for a down payment, and that means that they're less insulated from financial shocks.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Now, government loans like VA and FHA loans are available for people who most need it, including first-time homebuyers, seniors who own their homes, and people who are buying manufactured homes. All of those borrowers tend to have lower incomes or little savings for a down payment, and that means that they're less insulated from financial shocks.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Now, government loans like VA and FHA loans are available for people who most need it, including first-time homebuyers, seniors who own their homes, and people who are buying manufactured homes. All of those borrowers tend to have lower incomes or little savings for a down payment, and that means that they're less insulated from financial shocks.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

The MBA report also says that more serious delinquencies, those at risk of default, are rising more with government loans than conventional as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

The MBA report also says that more serious delinquencies, those at risk of default, are rising more with government loans than conventional as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

The MBA report also says that more serious delinquencies, those at risk of default, are rising more with government loans than conventional as well.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

It did. The NBA cited, once again, a perfect storm of pressures from inflation, lower personal savings, consumer debt, and higher taxes and insurance, among other factors.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

It did. The NBA cited, once again, a perfect storm of pressures from inflation, lower personal savings, consumer debt, and higher taxes and insurance, among other factors.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

It did. The NBA cited, once again, a perfect storm of pressures from inflation, lower personal savings, consumer debt, and higher taxes and insurance, among other factors.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Yeah, there have been some developments indeed, Sean. Student loan borrowers had a five-year respite from penalties if they didn't make payments. But now the federal government is ready to collect. Now, let's back up. In March 2020, student loan payments went on hiatus and didn't restart until October 2023. But the government continued to pause collections on unpaid bills.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Yeah, there have been some developments indeed, Sean. Student loan borrowers had a five-year respite from penalties if they didn't make payments. But now the federal government is ready to collect. Now, let's back up. In March 2020, student loan payments went on hiatus and didn't restart until October 2023. But the government continued to pause collections on unpaid bills.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

Yeah, there have been some developments indeed, Sean. Student loan borrowers had a five-year respite from penalties if they didn't make payments. But now the federal government is ready to collect. Now, let's back up. In March 2020, student loan payments went on hiatus and didn't restart until October 2023. But the government continued to pause collections on unpaid bills.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

But beginning in January of this year, federal student loan servicers, those are the companies that manage federal student loans, began reporting late payments to credit bureaus. The Education Department says that more than 5 million borrowers are in default, while 4 million are in late-stage delinquency.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
How to Keep Your Credit Strong During Economic Shifts and Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

But beginning in January of this year, federal student loan servicers, those are the companies that manage federal student loans, began reporting late payments to credit bureaus. The Education Department says that more than 5 million borrowers are in default, while 4 million are in late-stage delinquency.