http://www.marketwire.com Market Wire - TransUnion U.S. Copyright 2012 Market Wire, Inc. All Rights Reserved. cs@marketwire.com 10 en-us http://www.marketwire.com/IMAGES/marketwire.gif http://www.marketwire.com/ Wed, 16 May 2012 03:01:00 PDT CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national credit card delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 90 or more days past due) dropped to 0.73% in Q1 2012 from 0.78% Q4 2011, with current levels well below historical norms. Average credit card debt per borrower decreased $242 from Q4 2011 to $4,962. These decreases reversed a negative trend that saw both the delinquency rate and average debt per borrower rise during the last six months of 2011. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=888048&tsource=3 Retail Government Financial Services Wed, 09 May 2012 03:00:00 PDT CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national mortgage delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) declined for the first 3 months of 2012, coming in at 5.78%. This improvement ends 2 quarters of increases that began in Q3 2011. This information is reported by TransUnion and is part of its ongoing series of quarterly analyses of credit-active U.S. consumers and how they are managing credit related to mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=885113&tsource=3 Real Estate and Construction Financial Services Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:01:00 PDT CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) A new TransUnion analysis on the apartment rental market found that the average rent for the nation increased 4.4% from $829 in the first quarter of 2011 to $865 in the first three months of 2012. However, many major rental markets experienced declines in prices during this same timeframe. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=878710&tsource=3 Real Estate and Construction Financial Services Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:00:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Recent updates to a key TransUnion study found that in 2011 consumers were more likely to pay their auto loans before their credit cards and mortgages. This insight was gained through TransUnion's Payment Hierarchy study update, which also found that the divergence in payment patterns -- where consumers are increasingly apt to pay their credit cards before their mortgages -- has continued for four straight years. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=867903&tsource=3 Automotive Retail Professional Services Real Estate and Construction Financial Services Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national auto delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) decreased on a year-over-year basis for the ninth consecutive quarter, dropping from 0.59% in Q4 2010 to 0.46% Q4 2011. On a quarter-over-quarter basis, auto delinquencies remained essentially flat compared to 0.47% in Q3 2011. This is according to TransUnion's ongoing series of quarterly analyses of credit-active U.S. consumers. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=856586&tsource=3 Automotive Professional Services Financial Services Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PST TORONTO (MARKET WIRE) TransUnion's quarterly analysis of Canadian credit trends found that the average consumer's total debt (excluding mortgage) floated up to $25,960 in the fourth quarter of 2011, reversing the recent three-quarter trend of flat to negative growth, but in line with the historical seasonality of the year-end holidays. Despite the quarter over quarter increase of 1.4%, Canada is still experiencing decelerating annual growth falling below 1% for the first time since TransUnion began tracking credit trends in Q1 2004. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=854267&tsource=3 Media and Entertainment Financial Services Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national credit card delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 90 or more days past due) reached 0.78% in the fourth quarter of 2011, a drop of almost 5% from the same period one year ago and continuing well below historical norms. Average credit card debt per borrower increased $239 from the same period last year to $5,204, though it too remains near record-low levels. For the quarter, credit card delinquencies and debt both experienced seasonal increases. This information is reported by TransUnion and is part of its ongoing series of quarterly analyses of credit-active U.S. consumers, http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=854266&tsource=3 Media and Entertainment Retail Financial Services Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:05:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national mortgage delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) increased for only the second time since the end of 2009, edging upward to 6.01% at the end of the fourth quarter in 2011. This information is reported by TransUnion and is part of its ongoing series of quarterly analyses of credit-active U.S. consumers and how they are managing credit related to mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=851320&tsource=3 Real Estate and Construction Financial Services Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PST DENVER, CO (MARKET WIRE) With rental vacancy rates at their lowest levels in 10 years*, a review of TransUnion's proprietary rental screening database found that rental prices remained about the same between the fourth quarters of 2010 and 2011. The average rent for the nation declined from $831 to $820, though the average deposit increased from $269 to $284.** The information was released today in conjunction with the 2012 TransUnion Property Management Summit held in downtown Denver. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=849870&tsource=3 Real Estate and Construction Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:00:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) TransUnion released its annual national auto delinquency forecast today indicating that the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days past due will remain the same between the end of 2011 and 2012. Sixty-day auto loan delinquencies are expected to decrease in the first two quarters of 2012 before rising back to 0.51% at the end of the year, finishing at the same percentage as year-end 2011. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=832297&tsource=3 Automotive Financial Services Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:02:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) TransUnion released its annual forecasts today on consumer credit, which indicate that national mortgage loan delinquencies (the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days past due) will decline to about 5% by the end of 2012 from just under 6% at the conclusion of 2011. After six consecutive quarterly declines between Q4 2009 and Q2 2011, 60-day mortgage delinquencies are expected to rise through Q1 2012, peaking at 6.02%. TransUnion forecasts mortgage delinquencies, a statistic generally considered a precursor to foreclosure, to decline for the last three quarters of 2012. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=829772&tsource=3 Government Real Estate and Construction Financial Services Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:00:00 PST TORONTO (MARKET WIRE) TransUnion's quarterly analysis of Canadian credit trends found that the average consumer's total debt (excluding mortgage) dropped to $25,594 in the third quarter, marking the third consecutive quarter the variable has either declined or remained stable. Canada had previously experienced 26 straight quarterly increases in average consumer debt between 2Q 2004 and 4Q 2010. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=827770&tsource=3 Automotive Retail Professional Services Government Financial Services Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:05:00 PST CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) The national auto delinquency rate (the rate of borrowers 60 or more days past due) decreased on a year-over-year basis for the eighth consecutive quarter, dropping from 0.58% in Q3 2010 to 0.47% Q3 2011. However, auto delinquencies rose slightly for the quarter, moving up from 0.44% in Q2 2011. This is according to TransUnion and its ongoing series of quarterly analyses of credit-active U.S. consumers and how they are managing credit related to mortgage, credit cards and auto loans. http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=823938&tsource=3 Automotive Government Financial Services