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...L&G’s balance sheet investment unit was flat after a tougher second half for the property market, and its asset manager, Legal & General Investment Management, posted an expected fall in profit as higher...
...“Previously, older borrowers may have used [mortgages] for home improvement, travel or to help a younger family member get on the property ladder,” said David Hollingworth, associate director at L&C, a mortgage...
...“We had a lot of good news in recent months, helped by falls in inflation,” said David Hollingworth, associate director at broker L&C Mortgages....
...Christie’s total, up 17 per cent on last year, was boosted by 25 Surrealist works, which included the week’s top lot, René Magritte’s late “L’ami intime” (1958), hammering to little fanfare for £29mn (£33.7mn...
...for set of three, matchesfashion.com Lukhanyo Mdingi viscose-mix knitted fringed maxi dress, £1,495, net-a-porter.com Ulla Johnson cotton Freda embroidered shorts, £342, net-a-porter.com Dior raffia C’...
...Biotech ingredients achieve the same calming and nourishing properties, says Ellner, but they can be sourced in a more effective and sustainable way....
...The very best rates have been slowly nudging down but positive inflation figures and the hold to base rate should add momentum to that trend,” said David Hollingworth, associate director at broker L&C Mortgages...
...On sale from September 1. hay.dk L’art Plissé by Folkform, €1,200 This pleated textile design adds a warm glow to any space. folkform.se Titanio II Murano glass table light by Green Wolf Studio, £380...
...Hyaluronic acid (HA) and vitamin C are also a good combination because HA’s humectant (ie water-attracting) properties can help offset the dryness that sometimes occurs with vitamin C....
...In 2017, a 37m-high rocket inscribed with Chanel’s double-C logo almost did, rising up like a NASA simulator at the end of its AW17 presentation....
...To this end, his latest project is entitled Breath of an Architect, an installation opening at the Fondation Cartier Pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris this December....
...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...In 2013, they bought a derelict, Grade II-listed building and outhouses at auction in the village of Thorncombe....
...Hugo bought 20 Hauteville, which he called Hauteville II, for his long-term mistress Juliette Drouet in 1863....
...L&G is a big investor in property, including to back its pension liabilities. As of the end of 2022, it had £9.4bn invested in the sector, including £4bn in offices....
...On an interest-only deal, that would fall to £917 a month, according to broker L&C Mortgages....
...Brics creator slams ‘ridiculous’ idea for common currency Canadian pension giant warns against UK plan to push schemes into private equity Richard Buxton says UK equity market in a ‘very sorry state’ L&...
...“What’s opened the door to these improvements is the better than expected inflation figures,” said David Hollingworth, director at broker L&C Mortgages....
...Europe also boasts the Amundi MSCI India II Ucits ETF, which tracks the same index as the iShares ETF, and the L&G India INR Government Bond Ucits ETF, for those interested in fixed income....
...“We reduced the broodmare band from 300 to 200, and we’ve sold a property in the UK and one in the US....
...David Hollingworth, associate director at L&C, said: “I don’t think we’re out of the woods in terms of the movement in fixed rates at the moment.”...
...But, you know, where could a Trump Mark II lead us to? Most people feel he will sell Ukraine out....
...In spite of expectations that the Bank of England will raise its main interest rate this week, lenders’ appetite for business had sparked a renewed “price war” for new customers, L&C said....
...Drawing à l’infini presents nearly a thousand works — notebooks, drawings and engravings. The drawings illustrate Picasso’s constant process of reinvention and renewal....
...However, “If people do lock in a rate, it doesn’t mean they have to take it when the time comes,” says David Hollingworth, associate director at L&C Mortgages....
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