First American Financial Corp.

Consumer house-buying power, measuring how much one can purchase based on changes in income and interest rates, fell 2.1% year-over-year, but increased by 1.3% from the month prior, according to First American Financial Corp.

The housing market has been underperforming its potential since May, and October's performance gap was the largest it's been since November of last year, according to First American Financial Corp.

As employment and home prices reach and surpass previous levels of normal economic and housing activity, building permits continued holding markets back from hitting historic norms during the third quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Nonbank mortgage employment took its biggest drop since January following the recent hurricanes, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Connecticut was the lone state in the nation in September to see a decline in borrowers misrepresenting facts on mortgage loan applications.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were responsible for an increase in loan application defects during September in Texas and Florida, according to First American Financial Corp.

The market for potential existing-home sales declined in August, while Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are also expected to impact the market for home sales in the short term.

Not every housing market is dealing with an inventory shortage, as over one-third of respondents said there was excess supply in their local area, according to a First American Financial survey.

Loan application defects were unchanged for July compared with June, the first time in eight months there has not been an increase, according to First American Financial Corp.

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