But expectations about household financial situation improve.
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Credit card balances surge to series high amid stagnant mortgage market.
N.Y. Fed says quarterly increase of 0.9% due mostly to non-housing-related debt.
The share of households reporting it is harder to obtain credit than one year ago rose, reaching a series high.
Average one-year-ahead home-price growth expectations fell to 2.6%, the lowest reading since the survey began in 2014.
Mortgage originations fell to $498B, returning to pre-pandemic levels.
Consumers also more optimistic that household income will grow.
Mortgage refinance application rates plunged from 21.4% in October 2021 to 8.9% in October 2022.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System.
Total household debt in the quarter increased 2.2% to $16.51 trillion.