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Paperstac’s 2021 Market Report
Explore Paperstac's 2021 mortgage note trade data, including sale prices, investment-to-balance ratios, lien positions, asset types, and closing practices.
This report contains anonymized trade data based on hundreds of Paperstac.com note closings during 2021.
Investment to Balance
(sale price / unpaid principal balance)
- Performing (1st position) – 82% avg (27% min / 101% max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – 58% avg (6% min / 92% max)
- Performing (2nd position) – 58% avg (27% min / 94% max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – 40% avg (0% min / 76% max)
Investment to Value
(sale price / property value)
- Performing (1st position) – 37% avg (3% min / 103% max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – 27% avg (1% min / 64% max)
- Performing (2nd position) – 6% avg (1% min / 30% max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – 5% avg (0% min / 16% max)
Sale Prices
(per individual asset)
- Performing (1st position) – $37K avg ($3K min / $185K max)
- Non-Performing (1st position) – $30 avg ($2K min / $86K max)
- Performing (2nd position) – $26K avg ($1K min / $343K max)
- Non-Performing (2nd position) – $12 avg ($0K min / $50K max)
Deal and Asset Overview
(what is selling and how deals are getting done)
Performing vs Non-Performing
- Performing: 73% of assets sold
- Non-Performing: 27% of assets sold
1st Position vs 2nd Position
- 1st Position: 76% of assets sold
- 2nd Position: 24% of assets sold
Mortgage Note vs CFD/Land
- Mortgage Note: 75% of assets sold
- CFD/Land: 25% of assets sold
Single Asset vs Pools
- Sold Individually: 93% of assets sold
- Sold in Pools: 7% of assets sold
Escrow vs Direct to Seller Payment
- Used Escrow: 71% of deals funded
- Direct to Seller: 29% of deals funded
Used an Auditor to Verify Collateral
- Yes: 93% of deals
- No: 7% of deals
