ICE Mortgage Technology, Atlanta, released its July 2025 Mortgage Monitor report, finding that there are early signs of financial stress emerging among subsets of homeowners.
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ICE Mortgage Monitor: Record Levels of Home Equity, Falling Rates Drive Highest HELOC Withdraws Since 2008
U.S. mortgage holders carried a record $17.6 trillion in home equity entering the second quarter–with $11.5 trillion considered “tappable”–according to ICE Mortgage Technology, Atlanta.

ICE: First-Time Homebuyers Comprise Record Share of Agency Purchase Lending
First-time homebuyers accounted for a record share of agency purchase lending in the first quarter as higher interest rates continue to dampen repeat buyer participation in the market, according to Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

ICE: Home Prices Cool Heading into Spring Home-Buying Season
Intercontinental Exchange found a “notable cooling” in home price growth as the 2025 spring home buying season begins.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Property Insurance Rates Affecting Trends
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Atlanta, released its March Mortgage Monitor, highlighting the effects of increasing insurance costs on housing trends.

ICE: Record Levels of Tappable Equity in Q3
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Atlanta, reported that mortgage holders at the end of the third quarter held $17.2 trillion in equity.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Monthly Payments Hit High Point in August
Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, released its mortgage monitor for October, finding that the average monthly payment hit a record of $2,070 in August, up $140 from 2023 and $399 since the start of 2020.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: August Most Affordable Month Since February
Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, released its mortgage monitor for September, finding that declining mortgage rates have brought home affordability to its best level in six months in August and boosted refinance incentives for many.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Tappable Equity Hits Record $11.5 Trillion
Mortgage holders’ equity levels continue to reach new heights, according to Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Share of Mortgages Above 5% Interest Rate Creeps Up
Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, released its latest mortgage monitor with May’s data. Among other findings, 24% of mortgage holders had interest rates of 5% or higher, up from just 10% in 2022.