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Summary
ICE reported third-quarter 2026 mortgage technology revenue of $549 million, up 4% year over year. Servicing software grew 6% to $229 million, compared with 1% origination technology growth to $189 million. GAAP operating margin was 2% and adjusted margin was 40%.
Intercontinental Exchange’s mortgage technology business generated $549 million in third-quarter 2026 revenue, a 4% increase from a year earlier, as growth in servicing software and data products outpaced its origination technology operations.
The results, released October 29 by ICE, offer a detailed view of spending across mortgage software at a time when lenders continue to balance production expenses with investments in servicing and automation.
Servicing and data lead segment growth
ICE reported $229 million in servicing software revenue, up from $216 million in the third quarter of 2025, a 6% increase. Data and analytics revenue rose to $71 million from $66 million, also up 6%.
Origination technology revenue edged up to $189 million from $188 million, a 1% increase. Closing solutions revenue reached $60 million, compared with $58 million a year earlier, an increase of 4%. Together, those four businesses produced $549 million in mortgage technology revenue, versus $528 million in the comparable 2025 quarter.
The differences matter. A software provider’s revenue can reflect recurring servicing relationships and contracted technology fees as well as transaction activity. Growth in servicing software does not, by itself, establish that mortgage originations or industrywide loan volume increased at the same pace.
Margins show the cost of operating the platform
The mortgage technology segment recorded $536 million in operating expenses and $13 million in reported operating income, equivalent to a 2% operating margin. On ICE’s adjusted basis, operating expenses were $330 million and operating income was $219 million, representing a 40% adjusted operating margin.
Those two profitability measures should not be treated as interchangeable. The adjusted figures exclude items included under generally accepted accounting principles; investors should consult the company’s reconciliation when comparing periods or competing vendors.
Recurring mortgage technology revenue totaled $405 million, compared with $391 million a year earlier. Transaction revenue was $144 million, compared with $137 million. That mix shows why long-term platform relationships can be strategically important even when mortgage production fluctuates.
New servicing relationships
HousingWire reported that Wells Fargo renewed an agreement for ICE’s MSP servicing platform and moved its home-equity portfolio onto the system, while Freedom Mortgage added its home-equity line-of-credit portfolio. Those relationships provide additional context for the company’s emphasis on servicing technology, although the public figures do not isolate how much third-quarter revenue came from each agreement.
Across all its businesses, ICE reported $2.8 billion in consolidated third-quarter net revenue, up 15% from the prior year. Its exchanges and fixed-income data operations account for most of that total, so the consolidated growth rate should not be confused with the mortgage technology segment’s 4% increase.
What it means for lenders
The results suggest mortgage technology spending remains uneven. Servicers may continue investing in platforms that manage existing loans, home-equity products and customer accounts, while origination technology growth remains more closely tied to lenders’ operating budgets and production expectations.
ICE’s figures are company-reported financial results, not an independent measurement of software adoption across the entire mortgage industry. Future quarters will show whether servicing growth remains durable and whether origination technology demand strengthens.
Sources: ICE third-quarter 2026 earnings release; HousingWire reporting on servicing-platform relationships.
