For real estate purposes, the number of
mortgages that are in arrears expressed in
relation to a total mortgage portfolio. The
delinquency rate can be expressed either as
the number of delinquent mortgages in
relation to the total number, or as the
dollar volume of such mortgages in relation
to total dollar value of the portfolio.
Example of Delinquency Rate
Lender Inc. has a mortgage portfolio
totaling 375 mortgages of which 23 are
delinquent. The delinquency rate is:
23 ÷ 375 = .0613 or 6.13%
However, in terms of dollar volume, the
mortgages in arrears represent a more
significant portion of the total portfolio.
The 23 delinquent mortgages amount to
$7,398,982 with the current total mortgage
portfolio as $50,812,500. The dollar volume
delinquency rate is:
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