Mortgage delinquency rates improve across the nation

(RECAP: The housing market continued to heal as the national mortgage delinquency rate plummeted 4.09% in the third quarter, a drop of more than 23.3% when compared to the same time period last year, according to TransUnion’s quarterly report. Individually, every state and the District of Columbia posted an improvement in their mortgage delinquency rate from last year. Meanwhile, new account originations increased to 2.34 million, up from 2.09 million last year, which is a major increase from just two years ago when there were 1.32 million new account originations.)