Bank card delinquencies fell in the second quarter of 2018 after creeping up in the previous quarter, according to ABA’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin released today.

After falling in nearly every category the previous quarter, delinquencies in closed-end loans, such as personal or auto loans, rose across the board in the first quarter, as did bank card delinquencies, according to ABA’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin released today.

The number of home loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are 60 days or more past due dropped from 1.6 percent to 1.4 percent at the end of the first quarter, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s foreclosure prevention report released today.

A majority of bankers -- 77 percent -- agree that burdensome mortgage regulations continue to have a negative effect on business production, according to ABA’s 25th annual Real Estate Lending Survey released today.

Outstanding household debt increased by 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018, rising by $63 billion to land at $13.21 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said yesterday.

Delinquencies in closed-end loans, such as personal or auto loans, fell across the board in the fourth quarter, as did bank card delinquencies, according to ABA’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin released today.

The share of current and performing first-lien mortgages in the fourth quarter of 2017 remained unchanged from a year prior at 94.5 percent, according to the Mortgage Metrics Report released today by the OCC.

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $25.5 billion in the fourth quarter, down 40.9 percent from the industry’s earnings a year before, the FDIC said yesterday.

Outstanding household debt increased by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, rising by $193 billion to land at $13.15 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today.

Delinquencies in many types of closed-end loans and home equity lines of credit rose in the third quarter of 2017, while bank card delinquencies fell, according to the ABA Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin released today.