 TITLE: Millennials on Pace to Hold Most Mortgage Debt CONTENT: Millennials' Mortgage Growth Tops Nearly All Generations\n--------------------------------------------------------\nWhen it came to growth in mortgage debt over the past year, millennials saw their mortgage balances grow more on average than almost any other generation. Millennial mortgage balances grew an average of 5%, which was the second-highest growth rate behind members of Generation Z, who saw their average balances increase by 15% since Q1 2018.\nMembers of Generation Z—those age 22 and younger who had the lowest average mortgage balance of any generation in Q1 2018 at $120,209—increased their mortgage debt to $138,193, outgrowing the silent generation's mortgage debt. The silent generation now carries the lowest average mortgage balances, at $131,658 in Q1 2019. END