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Tornado. the visual part of storm chasing is very important. >> listening to you, you know your stuff. im going to tell everybody else, dont try to do what reed timer is doing. thanks so much. stay safe. >> will do thanks for having me. >> for more video of the outbreak of tornados in oklahoma ander the storm is heading, go to weather.com. our three big money headlines. one, rates have changed. two, numbers bracket. three, out of sight, out of mind. joining me, forbes staff writer, morgan bren...

Price of a mortgage just went up. >> yeah, there was some interesting housing data out today. contracts to buy previously owned homes rose 3/10th s of a percent in april. analysts were inspecting a jump of 1%. that report added to the pile of uncertain indicators today. and home sales might start to slow because as you said, mortgage rates, they rose for the fourth straight week to their highest level in a year. they jumped to nearly 4% for conventional 30 year loan again, thats because of fears...

Capital joining me now from baltimore with the answers to all of your questions. thanks for being with us todd. >> thanks for having me. >> okay. so ill ask you that question. is my home worth more than it was last year? >> well it shoul be carol. case schiller index. everybody wants to focus on this. the housing data recently has been okayed. it hasnt been great but it hasnt been poor. case schiller is going to look at 0 major metropolitan cities. it is going to give you somewhat of a housing v...

That equals to roughly doubling the company every he years and we had in orders in place in 2014 through 2018 and that fills this again of the growth we for see in the coming future. >>neil: that is a lot of planes. the deadline for a lot of companies which will likely go up in this country quite a bit in january 1, with capital gains taxes going up, and an entertainment concern is hiking their annual dividends 25 percent to 75 cents moving ahead of what will be a dividend tax hike. a separate i...

Falling 44 points yesterday. the s&p 500 lost eight. nasdaq was down 24. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in, tokyo, the nikkei gained 43 points, hong kong, the hang seng jumped 234. mixed housing data and unrest in europe extended the s & ps losing streak on wednesday. the median price of new homes sold in august rose by a record amount. however, sales of new homes dipped slightly. and that took a toll on home builders pulte group, kb and beazer. protests in europe like this...

Elections based on how we feel on the summer. our views are framed from where we were feeling and what we were thinking in july and august. let me explain. we are sort of rearview mirror type voters. we feel that we felt a few months ago. after george bush senior, we know that very well. a lot of americans were feeling that the economy was at a deep recession. even though by election day of that year, it was too little too late for george bush senior. just what the doctor ordered for one bill cl...

Market may be finally on the road to recovery according to the zillow home value index. prices rose fastest in phoenix and miami where fewer homes were for sale and investor demand is strong again. just minutes away from the opening bell. lets get to the market rundown. cnbcs becky quick is here. europe is having its usual impact on the markets. the housing data is sort of finally a foundational evidence of the potential that the economy may have hit bottom, yes? >> crossing our fingers in a hug...

Issues would get resolved. all these quick fixes and government subsidized programs are just creating more of an issue. so i think we need to get back to the free market and back to letting supply and demand create the real estate market. were seeing a recovery so why interfere. >> are we? in your neck of the woods, south florida, were seeing that a lot of inventory is worked off there and it looks promising, different stories in different parts of the country. housing data thats all over the ma...

We see stabilizing jobs, unless we see housing prices going up, the trend is going to continue. >> neil: maybe consumers are wrong. when i look at confidence survey builders are more confident than in years. what is right? who is right? >> the housing data is stabilizing. certain parts of the country you are seeing better data. no question, when i look at gas prices they have come down giving some relief to consumers but you are not getting enough relief. expenses have gone up. the fact they are...