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According to Sudeep Reddy and Michael Corkery writing in The Wall Street Journal, "The housing market is going into a deeper chill, and consumers are starting to shiver."

Other market segments that are closely, even loosely tied to housing construction and sales are beginning to report some distress. Monday, Lowe's reduced its earnings outlook for this year and...

There has been much speculation over the last few months that as housing sales continue to decline, the home remodeling industry will also take a big hit. It makes sense for a couple of reasons; sellers may be reluctant to put a lot of money into home improvements that they may not recover on sale, and those two seemingly never-ending sources of funds, cash-out refinancing and home equity loans, are becoming less easy and economical to access.