A growing number of American homebuyers are turning to adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and temporary buydowns as a way of easing the initial repayment burden when they are faced with persistently high interest rates. This is a new report from ICE Mortgage Technology that indicates more than 8% of borrowers will be using these financing structures by 2025, which indicates that there is a growing reliance on tools designed to lower payments during the first years of a loan.
Even though these products have been popular among consumers as a way of navigating affordability challenges in a high-cost borrowing environment, the report cautions that they pose inherent risks, particularly since interest rate adjustments and buydown periods could significantly increase future repayment obligations if these products are not properly handled. According to the latest U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report from ATTOM released in Q1 2025, homeowner equity across the country is not the same.
In the first quarter, 46.2% of mortgaged residential properties were categorised as equity-rich, which indicates that the total loan balance secured by those homes did not exceed half of the market value of those homes. It is estimated that the share of the market has fallen steadily since it peaked at 49.2 per cent in the second quarter of last year—disappearing from 47.7 per cent in the final quarter of 2024—but still stands at about twice what it was in early 2020.
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