Fannie, Freddie Single-Family Home Delinquencies Continue to Rise

Fannie Mae said the delinquency rate on loans in its single-family guarantee business rose 0.28 percentage points to 4.45 percent in August, the latest month Fannie has data for, well above 1.57 percent in August 2008.

At Freddie Mac, delinquencies on single family homes rose 0.20 percentage points in September to 3.33 percent of its loan book, compared with 1.22 percent in September 2008.