Mortgage delinquency rates reached a five-year low during the third quarter of 2013, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index. A group of 19 lenders that serviced $5.33 trillion of home loans reported that just 6.78 percent of those loans were in some stage of delinquency or default. That figure, which is not seasonally adjusted, was the lowest rate in the index since the third quarter of 2008. The overall delinquency rate improved...[Includes one data chart]