Economy

Pressure on core home improvement categories won't "be completely eased until the housing market is back on much firmer footing, which will not be until well into 2025 at the earliest," wrote Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData, in a note.

In its semiannual supervision and regulation report, the Federal Reserve flagged climbing loan delinquencies and a rising number of large bank citations for governance and controls.

Mortgage rates have stopped the run of increases following the September Fed meeting but consumers are not likely to notice.

The Trump victory is considered a positive for changing the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but what would that do to interest rates?

The incoming administration has experience from its previous run, Bank of America's chairman and CEO said. He also said he would not join it. 

Foreclosures were up month to month in October, while future indicators, such as mortgage delinquencies and trouble making all debt payments, came in higher as well.

Home Depot said Tuesday that it saw a pickup in demand for seasonal items and supplies for certain outdoor projects, some of which was related to hurricanes that have struck the U.S. in recent months.

The bond-market selloff unleashed by Donald Trump's presidential victory last week ended almost as quickly as it began. 

Origination volumes grew across nearly all sectors of commercial real estate on both a quarterly and yearly basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The post-election spike in the 10-year Treasury yield could translate to higher rates for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage in the short term.