Fewer Americans fell behind on their mortgage payments in the final three months of 2010, but foreclosures are still rising. The Mortgage Bankers Association says 8.2% of homeowners missed at least one mortgage payment in the October-December quarter. The figure, which is adjusted for seasonal factors, improved on the 9.1% who missed in the previous quarter; the high rate in 2010 was more than 10% in the January-March quarter. The percentage of homes in the foreclosure process rose to 4.6% in the fourth quarter from 4.4% in the third. Foreclosures are expected to peak this year. Typically, the percentage of seriously delinquent borrowers—those more than 90 days behind on their mortgages or in foreclosure—is just above 1%. In the fourth quarter, that figure was 8.57%.
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