possible to reduce the impact on our selling partners. we were focused on addressing permanent costs and ensuring the fees were competitive with those charged by other service providers. a bit more bad news for anybody wanting to buy a house, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage hit 5% this week. that s the first time since 2011 making it even more expensive to buy a home. that is, if you can find one. remember, there was a home buying frenzy fueled by the pandemic which is what reduce the availability of single-family houses. according to realtor.com, the number of homelessness was at a record low last month. we were one of the people in that frenzy and we got our hands on a nice home. shannon: congratulations that you got the home and the great mortgage rate. it was perfect. shannon: you ve got impeccable timing. biden seeking improvement numbers to handle the war in the
misconduct. reports of that news sending cbs stock tumbling. back to our big story here in washington. big boom for the economy. the republicans hoping they get some too. let s look at the mood of the country when it comes to the economy. satisfaction with the economy is skyrocketing. this is george w. bush s election. this is 9/11. this is the financial crisis, the obama election. the economy, confidence in it, has been growing for quite some time. this is donald trump s election, spiking since then. 66% of american people satisfied with the direction of the economy. here s another way to look at it. more americans do think the economy has rebounded, and more americans say the president deserves credit. this is last year. this is this year. you see the improvement numbers are up, including the president s, getting credit for it. if we asked this question a year ago, president obama was still getting more of the credit for the growing economy. now a majority of americans say, no, pre