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Mortgage defaults increased nationwide in the fourth quarter as more Americans began to default on all types of consumer debt. The S&P Dow Jones/Experian credit default indices made this alarming trend more transparent in data released Tuesday. The indices national composite, which measures all consumer defaults, increased for three consecutive months in a row, reaching a 1.72% default rate in December. This compares to a default rate of 1.64% in November and a much lower rate of 1.55% in October. The first-mortgage default rate followed the same pattern, increasing from […]