his mental well being but will still play for saracens. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. now, this is the youngest hostage taken on october 7th, and his four year old brother and mother. they re the bibas family and, today, hamas claimed that they had all been killed in an israeli airstrike. the israeli defense forces say they re investigating the claim from hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. it s thought there are still 161 israeli hostages in gaza, and the six day temporary truce is due to end today, though there are hopes that it could be extended. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv. well, tonight, the people of israel are waiting for more news about this hamas claim, which is unconfirmed. we had a statement from the extended natalie metcalf family saying they are waiting for the information to be confirmed are hopefully refuted by military members and thanking people here for their warm
going higher, what s a builder to do? how about shrink the size of the home? madison alworth has more. madison. reporter: neil, if you have the dream of getting a new home which may feel like a long shot at times in this market, you might need to think smaller. the freddie mac 30-year fixed rate sitting at. 7.23% and the median house price above $400,000. buyers are turning to smaller homes. on average, our homes are shrinking. since 2018 the average size unit for new housing starts is down 10% nationwide. home builders are choosing to build smaller to help people get through the door of their new home. a builder in indiana is now offering their smallest home yet, and it s selling. we have typically built almost all of our homes would be between 3-5 bedroom homes, 4 and 5 bedrooms would be more
the ultralow mortgage rates are they a thing of the past? it s looking that way. i mean most people, the general consensus, it will head up to about 5%. nobody knows when. we are seeing jumbo mortgage, those are the ones that a loan over 600,000 at comparable rates. so there is some tightening there. does it have an effect? this is interesting when there are significant spikes it suppresses loan applications by about 11% on a week over week basis. it does matter. interestingly, for people who are moving, it s less of a factor if you re moving after all you have to go somewhere and looks like the return of the mcmansion, the average home size is up, builders are saying they sell four bedroom homes over three bedroom homes all day long and, you know, if you look at other industries as well, we re buying suvs, big cars to park in the big driveways of big homes. what about the new pew research center about smart phones? what learned that the majority of u.s. adults now have smartph
and a situation now so serious president obama is getting involved. saw the mass exodus yesterday from that area. it was incredible. those pictures keep rolling in of neighborhoods on fire. good morning, everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zor ray da zam bow lynn. up first, the decision that will affect every single american is less than five hours away. the supreme court will decide whether all or parts of the affordable care act dubbed obamacare by many is constitutional. politically it is considered the signature legislation of president obama s time in office, and it s likely to be a center piece of the presidential election campaign as well. mitt romney, the presumptive republican presidential nominee, says he ll take action regardless of the decision. whatever the supreme court does tomorrow, one thing we know, if i m elected president, we re going to get rid of obamacare and replace it with real reform. and the american people
numbers. i think we heard a little sort of glimmer in that census news. it isn t the people we thought they were here, chris. we get this new information from the report we ve got right here. the face of the bankrupt is changing. for example, a college education long thought to be the ticket to financial safety, not so says the institute for financial literacy in the report. those with an associate s degree or higher as a group who file for bankruptcy rose 82% from 2006 to 2010. then there s the paycheck. the biggest rise in bankruptcy, the middle class, those making $60,000 or more a year, rising 67%. that s a huge jump here. while those making less happily saw a drop. another example of how bankruptcy is reaching picket fences in three bedroom homes. married couples for better for worse, for richer for poor, it s been worse and poor in the last five years. the single, divorced, and widowed did better but if you had a spouse, bankruptcies went up 57%. and finally, filing for chapter