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...Blackstone took control of the trust in 2013 and two years later dramatically expanded it with the purchase of a $4.6bn portfolio of commercial mortgage loans from GE Capital....
...Between July 2022 and September 2023, the European Central Bank increased the euro area interest rate from 0 per cent to 4.5 per cent....
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...But a surge in the cost of living since he took office in January 2021 has led respondents to say they trust his Republican rival Donald Trump more to run the economy....
...They include Baillie Gifford’s flagship Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Bill Ackman’s £7.4bn Pershing Square Holdings, and the £2.5bn RIT Capital Partners trust....
...The IMF projected 7.2 per cent growth for these countries in 2006, but only 4 per cent in 2023....
...Lloyds, which is seen as a bellwether for the UK economy, said mortgage arrears had been “relatively stable” despite a slight increase at the start of the year, mainly linked to loans given between 2006...
...It was used for decades to underpin trillions of pounds of products around the world such as loans and mortgages....
...Scotland, however, has specific legislation to protect cohabitants’ interests when they separate, governed by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006....
...The sharp fall in inflation to 4.6 per cent has boosted expectations that the BoE will trim interest rates from June 2024....
...A record number of home sales in New York last quarter were cash purchases as high mortgage rates deter all but the richest buyers....
...The board of directors is recommending that this year the total dividend be increased by 14.2 per cent to 4.10 pence per share....
...Save yourself a seat on May 4 in Washington, DC and online for the US FT Weekend Festival....
...The government said it would extend the tax advantages of venture capital trusts and the enterprise investment scheme by 10 years to 2035....
...Blackstone Mortgage Trust and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, two of the biggest mortgage real estate investment trusts, have halted loans to any new borrowers....
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...So venture capital trusts and the Enterprise Investment Scheme carry lots and lots of valuable tax reliefs....
...There are so few homes for sale because the US practice of taking 30-year fixed-rate mortgages means that three-quarters of all homeowners hold mortgages charging 4 per cent or less, according to JPMorgan...
...Analysts at Investec estimate that upcoming writedowns in these holdings could prompt a 4 per cent fall in the trust’s overall asset value....
...London’s annual rental price growth, at 5.9 per cent, was the highest of all English regions and at its highest annual rate since the data series began in January 2006....
...Meanwhile, 4.6mn people filed their returns themselves while 6.6mn used an agent, such as an accountant. The migration to commercial software will soon accelerate....
...One thing today’s move does signal is higher costs for new mortgages. The average rate on new 30-year fixed-rate mortgages has already climbed to 7.5 per cent from 3.1 per cent at the end of 2021....
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