topic, what was the top story, would you say? she looks like she could just start talking there. do you want to know the conan thing where you move the mouth and you do the talking? a survey by freddie mac predicts that the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage could hit 6% by the end of to 10. freddie mac s deputy chief economist says this is because private buyers will demand a hire rate of return on securities than did the fed. lenders may have to raise the rate in order to make that happen. mortgage rates hit an all-time low earlier this month. but then last week, rates climbed above 5% for the first time since the end of october. i like that quietly the obama administration has raised the caps on what we bail out freddie and fannie for. did you see that? yes. $200 billion apete piece. yes. but they re paying the executives of fannie and freddie half of what their predecessors got, but still a fair chunk of change. $200 billion apiece. that is really b