FHA claims rose in 2011 from last year with loss mitigation and property conveyances accounting for the bulk of paid claims, according to Inside FHA Lending’s analysis of FHA fiscal year data. Though increasing by 7.7 percent, claims are still far below the 15.0 percent average for FHA loans, said an agency spokesperson. On Sept. 30, servicers reported 635,096 mortgages in serious default, yielding a default rate of 8.7 percent. This fiscal year, FHA reported 326,892 claims, of which 200,808 were loss mitigation-related and 91,448 were property conveyance actions. Claims related to pre-foreclosure sales and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loans showed the most ...