U.S. Google searches for "help with my mortgage" stood at 80 in October 2026, the most of any month since Google's record begins in 2004
37 a year earlier · the housing-crisis peak was 38 in February 2009 · household debt service 11.1% of income in 2026 Q2, lower than 78% of the past 20 years · 1.42% of bank loans delinquent in 2026 Q2 (-0.07 pts on a year) · searches read as worry spreading when delinquency follows, and as attention without strain when debt service stays low: the delinquency rate separates the two
Macro · Macro · Google Trends; Federal Reserve · 30 Oct 2026