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...How it’s going: Scottish Mortgage makes available at least £1 billion for buybacks over the next two years....
...The board of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced a £1bn share buyback in an attempt to prop up its share price, which is at a 13 per cent discount to its net asset value....
...The board of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced a £1bn share buyback in an attempt to prop up its share price, as high interest rates and complex regulations continue to weigh on the investment...
...Those considering a purchase must therefore balance the chance to borrow at lower rates later in the year with the risk that lower mortgage rates increase demand from buyers and current discounts disappear...
...Lower mortgage rates create a big housing snapback. In the past three months, average 30-year mortgages rates have fallen from nearly 8 per cent to 6.9 per cent....
...Property sellers are accepting average discounts to asking prices of £18,000, as higher mortgage rates and increased supply create favourable conditions for equity-rich UK buyers....
...Mortgage origination volume looks set to grow again in 2024 after falling to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association....
...That pushed the discount rate as high as 17 per cent, its widest since the financial crisis....
...Apple has been offering rare discounts to bolster demand, and chief executive Tim Cook has made several trips to China since the easing of pandemic restrictions, visiting suppliers, officials and Apple employees...
...As better fixed-rate deals become available, it is easier for buyers to plan their finances: the share of those taking out variable, tracker or discount mortgages fell from 36 per cent in November 2022,...
...Popular investment trusts which are trading at discounts include Scottish Mortgage at 14.71 per cent, Alliance Trust at 5.25 per cent and the City of London Investment Trust at 1.66 per cent....
...Some are offering discounts on BEVs to avoid fines next year. These should convert to deliveries in the second half of 2024....
...When interest rates rose, higher discount rates hit valuations for companies seen as growth plays. The tech sector later rallied on AI hopes. But payments groups stayed in the doldrums....
...What’s on offer is mainly products that offer a sliver of a discount on the mortgage rate, or a cashback payment, to those buying homes defined as green. There are two problems here....
...Customer shareholders benefit from discounts at a plethora of retailers and storage outfits among others. Holding Whitbread shares can get you a free breakfast in a Premier Inn....
...For Dollar Tree, the blockbuster deal to buy Family Dollar in 2015 was meant to give the discount retailer the heft to compete against market leaders Dollar General and Walmart....
...of NetEase, which lost more than 14 per cent when reports of the break-up first went public in 2022, are up 9 per cent in the past year, although at 14 times forward earnings they still trade at a steep discount...
...The insurer-owned benefit managers argue that these rebates are passed on to patients in the form of lower premiums, but they pocket some of the discount for themselves....
...That discount reflects concerns over the potential for an increase in bad loans. Its bad loans from residential mortgages have already risen 9.6 per cent to Rmb27.8bn ($3.8bn)....
...Buyers also managed to negotiate an extra 1.4 per cent discount on average on properties that had been relisted at lower prices....
...Hedge funds have begun to circle, with Elliot taking a 5 per cent stake in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust a week after it announced a £1bn share buyback in an attempt to prop up its share price....
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