FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage Rates, LTV and Credit Scores

Here are some graphs on outstanding mortgages by interest rate, the average mortgage interest rate, borrowers’ credit scores and current loan-to-value (LTV) from the FHFA’s National Mortgage Database through Q1 2024 (released on Friday).

Current Outstanding Mortgage Rates

Here is some data showing the distribution of interest rates on closed-end, fixed-rate 1-4 family mortgages outstanding at the end of each quarter since Q1 2013 through Q1 2024.

This shows the surge in the percent of loans under 3%, and also under 4%, starting in early 2020 as mortgage rates declined sharply during the pandemic. The percent of outstanding loans under 4% peaked in Q1 2022 at 65.2% (now at 57.3%), and the percent under 5% peaked at 85.5% (now at 76.0%). These low existing mortgage rates makes it difficult for homeowners to sell their homes and buy a new home since their monthly payments would increase sharply. This is a key reason existing home inventory levels are so low.

The percent of loans over 6% bottomed in Q2 2022 at 7.2% and has increased to 14.3% in Q4 2023.

Here are graphs on the average mortgage interest rate, borrowers’ credit scores and current loan-to-value (LTV) from the FHFA data base.

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