This document outlines the problem statement and objectives of a study to analyze loan data and identify borrower characteristics that contribute to delinquency. The objectives are to understand the major factors leading borrowers to become delinquent, as delinquency increases risk of default. The main objective is to minimize this risk by building a decision tree model using CART technique to identify risk and non-risk attributes of borrowers that result in delinquency. The tool to be used is R Studio.