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...Investing: A small German mortgage lender has become one of Europe’s most-shorted stocks because of its exposure to US commercial property....
...Mortgage costs have been rising sharply over the past week, ahead of an expected increase in interest rates from the Bank of England on Thursday....
...Gideon Rachman Yeah....
...Chris explores the political problems the outlook implies for Labour — including, how on earth to manage public expectations of turning around the public services without a spending spree....
...Property and related services account for 29 per cent of Chinese national output, which is absolutely huge....
...“The Conservatives have trashed our economy, pushed health services to the brink, and added hundreds of pounds to people’s mortgage payments,” Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said in a tweet on Monday...
...Mortgage repossessions and tenant evictions will increase. Public services in education, health and care will also be drastically impaired due to rising bills....
...Home hunters have responded to higher mortgage rates by scrapping plans to buy and turning to the rental market instead....
...But now the two largest mortgage lenders are turning up the heat on their smaller competitors, offering discounts and other incentives to win market share....
...Apple raises prices of TV and music streaming subscriptions Apple said yesterday it was raising prices for its TV+, Music and services-bundle subscriptions for the first time since their respective launches...
...and advice services....
...I suppose the big question for lots of us sitting here who are lucky enough to own our own homes is what it will do to mortgage rates. Katie Martin I’ve got one year until I renew my mortgage....
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...I've got other things to do with my life, and I'm not in the secret services, whereas the people in the secret services and the army, they objectively, like in any country, they have reasons why they need...
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...Historically, we know that rising interest rates typically increase loyalty to large incumbent banks with the capacity to cross-sell financial services, for example offering a lower mortgage rate to customers...
...As always, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with thoughts for other companies to cover, trends to follow or general tips....
...People with mortgages are facing a further squeeze after the Bank of England increased interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years....
...The Digital Services Act is likely to be followed by similar rules in the US, Canada and Singapore in coming months....
...Beasley told Gideon Rachman: “Export ban on food can create havoc in the market. We ask countries not to do that.”...
...This exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of master goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his London clientele....
...According to the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in March, officials supported the US central bank increasing the pace of its sale of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. 3....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...If mortgage rates keep going up — now we’re talking about 6 per cent, two-year fixed today — if these things continue, if these rising mortgage rates precipitate a correction in the housing market, if that...
...As Gideon Rachman notes, the talks were “stronger on values than hard cash.”...
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