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Paperstac’s 2020 Market Report
Explore Paperstac's 2020 mortgage note trade data, including sale prices, investment ratios, performing and non-performing assets, and closing practices.
This report contains anonymized trade data based on hundreds of Paperstac.com note closings during 2020.
Investment to Balance
(sale price / unpaid principal balance)
- Performing (1st position) – 76% avg (29% min / 100% max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – 65% avg (4% min / 76% max)
- Performing (2nd position) – 56% avg (30% min / 92% max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – 23% avg (1% min / 78% max)
Investment to Value
(sale price / property value)
- Performing (1st position) – 36% avg (5% min / 113% max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – 26% avg (4% min / 77% max)
- Performing (2nd position) – 8% avg (2% min / 31% max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – 3% avg (0% min / 10% max)
Sale Prices
(per individual asset)
- Performing (1st position) – $36K avg ($2K min / $250K max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – $21K avg ($2K min / $85K max)
- Performing (2nd position) – $28K avg ($4K min / $114K max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – $7K avg ($0K min / $50K max)
Deal and Asset Overview
(what is selling and how deals are getting done)
Performing vs Non-Performing
- Performing: 75% of assets sold
- Non-Performing: 25% of assets sold
1st Position vs 2nd Position
- 1st Position: 78% of assets sold
- 2nd Position: 22% of assets sold
Mortgage Note vs CFD/Land
- Mortgage Note: 70% of assets sold
- CFD/Land: 30% of assets sold
Single Asset vs Pools
- Sold Individually: 90% of assets sold
- Sold in Pools: 10% of assets sold
Escrow vs Direct to Seller Payment
- Used Escrow: 59% of deals funded
- Direct to Seller: 41% of deals funded
Used an Auditor to Verify Collateral
- Yes: 88% of deals
- No: 12% of deals
