"The unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimuli that have been implemented to combat the pandemic are pushing housing prices and home equity to record levels," said Frank Martell, president and CEO of CoreLogic. "This phenomenon is driving down delinquencies and fueling a boom in cash-out refinancing transactions." "The decline in the overall delinquency rate to its lowest since the onset of the pandemic is good news, but it masks the serious financial challenges that some of the borrower population has experienced," said Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic. "In the months prior to the pandemic, only one-in-five delinquent loans had missed six or more payments. This August, one-in-two borrowers with missed payments were behind six-or-more monthly installments, even though the overall delinquency rate had declined to the lowest level since March 2020." The report said all states saw year over year declines in their overall delinquency rate.