on the west coast, it s $3.81. and some stations are reportedly running out of gas due to a shortage of tanker truck drivers. while the fuel is there, there may not be enough tanker truck drivers to deliver it as fast as americans are filling up. the good news is, there s plenty of fuel flowing, it s just a matter of time before stations that have lost supply of gasoline have another delivery made. reporter: aaa says there are mre families traveling by car this year than there were in 2019, before the pandemic even started. it just proves that the road trip is back, stronger than ever. reporter: linsey, if you are planning to hit the road this holiday weekend, gasbuddy predicts thursday and friday between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. will be the busiest times for travel. sunday, the easiest day. and if you re planning to leave on monday, aim to return early. linsey? helpful advice. thank you, rebecca. when we come back, the car struck by lightning with a family inside. certain hpv-re
march from last year according to s&p case shiller. you can see how far we have come from that big drop in forecasts fell during the first 23 months of the year compared with last year. mortgage rates are climbing. the 30-year fixed rate hit the highest level in a year. it s now averaging 3.81%. also, new signs of housing may be turning into a seller s market. a survey from century 21 finds a third of americans looking to buy a house have been on the hunt for more than a year. many are willing to compromise to close the deal. meaning things like price or location or items on buyers wish lists are becoming less important. that s good for you sellers. buying a home isn t the only way to invest real estate. if you re smart about the housing market, you too can ride the recovery. home prices are rising, demand is back. but it s not just home buyers and sellers cashing in. when you buy a house or build a
business we turn to berth bertha coombs. futures are pointing to a lower start this morning. stocks rose on thursday on the back of positive housing data with one day left in may, the dow is set for its sixth straight winning mon. mortgage rates are rising. you probably know if you re looking for a new mortgage. freddie mac says the average rate on a loan hit 3.81%, up from 3.59% the prior week. mortgage rates track the yields on the ten-year treasury note which hit a 13-month high this week. and new golf. data shows americans have regained less than half the wealth they lost during the recession. household wealth plunged by nearly $17 trillion between late 2007 and early 2009. even though home prices and stock prices have come back, a lot of people used up their savings and lost their homes. so they re still down in the red. good to keep that in mind. thank you very much. in other business news,
perception for good or ill, people will think ill of it. they are not going to be that supportive of government getting bigger if this is what it does when it runs amok. you know what i mean? from the overspending, no matter what side of the scandles you happen to believe. if you think it s incompetence, there are too many chefs in the kitchen, or more nefarious the general perception the government is way too big and way too powerful and way too confused. neil: while you are here,er a historian, everybody is whining about a mortgage rates hitting a high this year. it s 3.81%. i tell my people, that is what we pay for day. here is where it spooks people, it is moving from up the mid 2 s.
have climbed up to 3.81%, i don t even want to tell you what the rates were they were double digits when i was first looking to buy a house and i truly was priced out. is some of this relative or is this real? is this real that they re getting priced out? they are getting priced out. you know, the problem is, they are the forefront of everything, right? if they re not buying, that means a trade-up buyer can t buy so it really kills the entire market. that is my greatest concern as of right now. let s talk about house flipping as well. we saw this report out. home prices jumped nearly 11% in the top 20 cities in the past year, but in some places, san francisco is a good example, it was up more than 20%. this is in walnut creek. i know this area, it s not far from it s in the bay area generally. pretty modest four bedroom, two bath ranch was listed at $616,000 in march. it sold last month for $665,000, nearly $50,000 over asking price, but then we dug a little