Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies, and Foreclosures in Q4 2025

Mortgage balances rose by $98 billion in Q4 from Q3, to $13.2 trillion, according to the Household Debt and Credit Report from the New York Fed, which obtained this data via its partnership with Equifax. Year-over-year, mortgage balances rose by $564 billion. Since the beginning of 2020...