The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage increased 12 basis points to 6.69%.
The pay gains gives the Fed another reason to raise interest rates next month.
The economy is generally performing better than expected so far in 2023 as inflation's decline slowed.
The jobs market has shown few signs of falling victim to the Fed's aggressive interest-rate hiking.
Taken together, the data point to a slowdown into the end of the year which should be welcomed by central bankers.
The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage eased 8 basis points to 6.41% in the week ended December 2.
The personal savings rate as a share of disposable income dropped to 2.3% in October.
The share of firms planning to increase prices in the next three months rose for the first time since May.
The data represent another point in the continued slide of the housing market.
Companies are struggling to fill millions of positions and are turning to untapped pools of workers.
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