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Serious delinquencies in securitized pools of home equity loans rose to their highest level ever in the fourth quarter of last year, providing further evidence that loan problems are mounting.
Serious delinquencies in home equity pools accounted for 9.24% of outstanding debt at the end of last year, according to Moody's Home Equity Index.
That's 20% higher than the level reported at the end of June 2000, Moody's said.
"We expect the increase in delinquencies to translate into higher charge-offs during the first half of 2001, as the delinquent loans move through the various loss mitigation stages," Moody's analyst Henry Engelken said.
However, he said the larger percentage of problem loans late last year "isn't a cause ...