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 Q4 2024 (just released).

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 Q4 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 65.1% (now at 54.1%), and the percent under 5% peaked at 85.6% (now at 72.1%). 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 was a key reason existing home inventory levels were so low.

Time is slowly eroding this lock-in effect.

The percent of loans over 6% bottomed in Q2 2022 at 7.3% and has increased to 18.0% in Q4 2024.

Average Mortgage Rate, Credit Scores and LTV

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

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