Early-stage delinquencies are a leading indicator of future bankruptcy filings, and the June data suggest bankruptcies will continue rising in coming months. Bankruptcy filings were up 31 percent in June compared with a year earlier
U.S. mortgage delinquencies accelerate: Equifax Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:08pm EDT By Nick Zieminski NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rising unemployment continues to make more Americans late on their mortgage payments, a sign that the rate of U.S. personal bankruptcies will keep going up, according to monthly data from the Equifax credit bureau obtained by Reuters. […]