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ICE Mortgage Monitor: April Home Prices Posted Strongest Monthly Gain in Nearly Two Years
ATLANTA & NEW YORK, May 11, 2026--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today released its May 2026 ICE Mortgage Monitor report. The analysis found that U.S. home prices rose 0.32% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis — the strongest single-month gain in nearly two years. While modest on the surface, that pace translates to a 3.9% seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR), ill
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