More mortgage payments made on time.

It's uplifting to find a wisp of good news here and there in the otherwise cluttered collection of bad news that you keep reading in the national media about the mortgage and real estate industries. Positive stories have lately had a really hard time finding headline space for themselves.

According to First American LoanPerformance, a California research shop, more homeowners are making their payments on time in the last year. The data base the firm maintains includes about 80% of the overall mortgage market in the U.S. and they assess loans that are four months old or less. To read the entire article please click on the link in this paragraph.