Mortgage Debt
$13.9T
· Jan 2026
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1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 1954
1957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 1958
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
$2T
$4T
$6T
$8T
$10T
$12T
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
$13.9T
Mortgage Debt — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Mortgage Debt
1951
$0.1T
1952
$0.1T
1953
$0.1T
1954
$0.1T
1955
$0.1T
1956
$0.1T
1957
$0.1T
1958
$0.1T
1959
$0.1T
1960
$0.1T
1961
$0.2T
1962
$0.2T
1963
$0.2T
1964
$0.2T
1965
$0.2T
1966
$0.2T
1967
$0.2T
1968
$0.3T
1969
$0.3T
1970
$0.3T
1971
$0.3T
1972
$0.3T
1973
$0.4T
1974
$0.4T
1975
$0.5T
1976
$0.5T
1977
$0.6T
1978
$0.7T
1979
$0.8T
1980
$0.9T
1981
$1.0T
1982
$1.0T
1983
$1.1T
1984
$1.2T
1985
$1.5T
1986
$1.6T
1987
$1.8T
1988
$2.1T
1989
$2.3T
1990
$2.5T
1991
$2.7T
1992
$2.8T
1993
$3.0T
1994
$3.2T
1995
$3.3T
1996
$3.5T
1997
$3.7T
1998
$4.0T
1999
$4.4T
2000
$4.8T
2001
$5.3T
2002
$6.0T
2003
$6.9T
2004
$7.8T
2005
$8.9T
2006
$9.9T
2007
$10.6T
2008
$10.5T
2009
$10.4T
2010
$10.0T
2011
$9.8T
2012
$9.5T
2013
$9.4T
2014
$9.3T
2015
$9.4T
2016
$9.6T
2017
$9.9T
2018
$10.1T
2019
$10.4T
2020
$10.8T
2021
$11.8T
2022
$12.7T
2023
$13.0T
2024
$13.4T
2025
$13.8T
2026
$13.9T
Source: FRED · HHMSDODNS · econscout.com