Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

We finally made it to Friday. Today is March 27th. I'm Julie Morgan. The chief economist at Freddie

Max says the housing market continues to show gradual improvements compared to a year ago amid recent rate

volatility. Sam Cater noted that purchase and refinance applications are up year over year,

and rates remain lower than last year. But rates have increased week over week. The latest

Freddie Mac primary mortgage survey show 30-year fixed-rate mortgages

averaged 6.38% as of yesterday, March 26th, up from 6.22% last week, but below 6.65% in the same

period a year ago. 15-year fixed-rate mortgages average 5.75 percent, up from 5.54% last week,

and down from 5.89% a year ago. Your next Netflix bill will be higher. Netflix is raising the price of all

its subscription plans by at least a dollar.

The company telegraphed the increase during its earnings call in January.

Netflix says it needs the extra money to help pay for the company's higher content budget,

expected to rise to $20 billion this year. That's a $2 billion increase. This includes a slate of live

events, including the World Baseball Classic in Japan, podcasts, and a new license deal with Sony.

Effective immediately, a standard plan will cost you a dollar more. Standard with no ads will

cost you $2 more, and the same is true for a

premium plan. The company also raised its extra member fee by a dollar. Netflix last raised its

subscription fees in January of 2025. President Trump says he plans to sign an order to pay transportation security administration

officers immediately. This comes at the same time the Senate passed legislation to fund most of the

Department of Homeland Security, but that bill still needs approval from the House and a signature

from the president. The action comes amid a weeks-long

funding standoff over DHS, which oversees the TSA. The prolonged partial government shutdown

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