ICE Mortgage Monitor: Mortgage Lending Quietly Hits Highest Quarterly Volume Since 2022, Driven by Purchase and Cash-Out Refinance Loans

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICE Mortgage Technology, neutral provider of a robust end-to-end mortgage platform and part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), today released its August 2025 Mortgage Monitor report. ICE data reveals that mortgage originations had their highest quarterly volume since 2022, with both purchase and cash-out refinance activity nearing three-year highs. At the same time, total and tappable home equity volumes were the highest on record. “Homeowners a