Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 12 percent year over year in September. And the U.S. homeownership rate is up from the previous two quarters.

U.S. banks have eased their lending policies for commercial and industrial loans, citing increased competition as the major factor. And according to LPS, 6.5 percent of U.S. mortgages were delinquent in September, up from the previous month.

Activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in October for the fifth month in a row, and the nation’s overall economy grew for the 53rd consecutive month. And U.S. auto and light truck sales increased by 5.9 percent compared to last year, but are down slightly from last month.

For fiscal 2013, the federal deficit was 4.1 percent of GDP, compared with 6.8 percent in fiscal 2012. The rate of single-family serious delinquency for mortgages tied to the GSE dropped from 2.61 percent in August to 2.55 percent in September. And for the week ending Oct. 26, initial unemployment claims dropped by 10,000 from the previous week’s figure.

The Federal Open Market Committee said on Wednesday it isn’t going to taper its stimulus just yet. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there hasn’t been much inflation. And according to ADP, the private sector added 130,000 jobs in October.

The latest Case-Shiller home price indexes indicated rising prices in several markets. And national retail and food services sales for September decreased, slightly, by 0.1 percent compared to the previous month.

The Pending Home Sales Index dropped to 101.6 in September from a downwardly revised 107.6 in August. Industrial production increased in September by 0.6 percent, but manufacturing added little to the September gain. And the single-family serious delinquency rate declined from 2.6 percent in August to 2.5 percent in September.

The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index dipped downward again to end October at 73.2, dropping from the end of September reading of 77.5. But durable goods orders surprised on the upside in September.

The Federal Reserve proposed a rule requiring large financial entities to strengthen their liquidity positions even more than they already have. And there were 3.9 million job openings on the last business day of August, little changed from July.

The House Price Index was up 0.3 percent in August compared with the previous month, although economists expected a larger monthly increase. The mortgage delinquency rate increased from 6.2 percent in August to 6.46 percent in September. And the American Institute of Architects reported that its September Architecture Billings Index was 54.3, up from 53.8 in August.