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...A portrait of the bewhiskered duke — later George V — stares down at us....
...Average mortgage costs are near an all-time low, down payment requirements have been eased, and restrictions on second home purchases lifted. This is having at least some effect....
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...This year, rising mortgage rates have resulted in falling sales across France....
...Less than a fifth of my group of mostly university-educated friends in their late thirties and early forties have been able to buy homes,” says Duncan Rhodes, editor of the Barcelona Life travel guide, who...
...Professional investors will look at everything and weigh credit versus government bonds and agency mortgages versus high yield and emerging markets....
...Rachel Winter, partner at wealth manager Killik & Co, says mortgages have “replaced energy bills as the number one fear in the UK . . ....
...I recently spoke to Duncan Stevens, chief executive and co-founder of Gretel, a fintech which aims to help people to find lost assets including pensions, investments and accounts....
...Duncan Forbes, the V&A’s director of photography, was appointed two years ago....
...As always, reach out to me (imani.moise@ft.com) or Sid (sid.v@ft.com) to share your feedback on today’s newsletter. Happy reading!...
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...Ethereum co-founder questions economics of rival Solana Joseph Lubin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain struck out last week at fast-growing competitor Solana....
...Even among Tory voters the positive differential has nearly halved, shrinking from around plus-44 to (67 ‘well’ v 23 ‘badly’) in January 2020 to plus-23 (58 ‘well’ v 35 ‘badly’) today....
...People with mortgages are facing a further squeeze after the Bank of England increased interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years....
...As ever, drop Imani (Imani.Moise@ft.com) or myself (Sid.V@ft.com) your emails with thoughts and suggested topics for coverage. Have a great week!...
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...It was Powell who immediately saw the importance of co-opting Pakistan, and, more discreetly, Iran, in the effort against Afghanistan-based Osama bin Laden....
...But the company later became a flashpoint in the #MeToo movement after former employees accused co-founder Mike Cagney of tolerating a culture of sexual harassment....
...The first is that the US only needs a month or two to get back to a V-shaped boom....
...Payment holidays on credit cards, mortgages and rents are also masking the current stress on loan books....
...The US bailout law passed last month throws a lifeline to those Americans forced to skip their mortgage payments....
...The data covered include interest rates, fees and charges, and eligibility for products such as mortgages....
...If Thomas’s plans take off, British mortgage brokers and estate agents could be heading that way too....
...Here’s Kempen & Co: We, along with a number of others, have long such suggested that a rights issues was becoming more inevitable as Hammerson’s leverage continued to rise and the disposal market dried...
...It’s possible that 389 people not in need of a mortgage looked at the showhome before the lockdown then used the sudden excess of spare time to contemplate the deal....
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