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...Scottish Mortgage’s public and private portfolio is delivering strong operational results, evidenced in part by free cashflow from the portfolio companies having more than doubled over the past year....
...Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said the Accord loan was to be welcomed at a time of soaring rents....
...Inflation was 4.9 per cent for private renters and 4 per cent for outright house owners, the ONS said....
...It has also faced criticism over its allocations to private companies, which began in 2012 and contributed to a boardroom bust-up last year....
...UK mortgage arrears peaked at 2.4 per cent in the financial crisis....
...The jump in average private rents in the year to March marked the biggest annual percentage change since the Office for National Statistics began collecting data in 2015....
...The policy was introduced by the coalition government in 2011 to boost investment in private rental homes....
...On Tuesday, the fund said it was “short [United Wholesale Mortgage], long [Rocket Mortgage], and purchased derivatives”....
...New York-listed Blackstone Mortgage Trust, which Blackstone began to manage in 2013 as part of a push to diversify its assets beyond traditional private equity investments, provides loans to commercial real...
...23andMe: Shares surged 23 per cent in early trading on Thursday after the chief executive of the DNA testing company publicly announced on Wednesday evening that she was considering taking the company private...
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...Hedge fund short seller Muddy Waters on Wednesday revealed a short bet against a New York-listed mortgage trust managed by Blackstone, the private equity giant....
...Chris Sykes, technical director at mortgage broker Private Finance, said a number of lenders had yet to reduce rates, so there were likely to be further cuts, though these were unlikely to be “dramatic”....
...The ECB said the annual growth of lending to residents remained in negative territory, contracting 0.5 per cent, while credit to the private sector grew 0.4 per cent from a year ago, up from 0.2 per cent...
...But with policymakers expected to cut rates as early as June, some banks have started lowering the cost of mortgages and other loans....
...Chinese authorities late last year renewed pressure on state banks to increase lending to private property developers and projects, but lenders have been reluctant to follow through, citing a lack of suitable...
...Bellway’s private reservation rate stood at 0.43 per site per week on average in the six months to the end of January, but picked up to 0.59 in January and 0.67 since February 1....
...Excluding London, Bristol had the highest average private rent of £1,734 compared with an average in Great Britain of £1,238....
...Many strong smaller companies have been taken private. And lately, the weaker balance sheets have been exposed by rising rates....
...Saving to cover the cost of child-related expenses — particularly if the Labour party wins the election and adds value added tax to private school fees — was the fifth most popular reason for saving....
...When Tory ministers can no longer afford to pay their mortgages, you know the cost of living crisis has entered new territory....
...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....
...Sales of new homes in the UK are picking up as mortgage rates have stabilised, according to FTSE 250 developer Bellway....
...However, credit to the private sector grew 0.4 per cent from a year ago, up from 0.2 per cent the previous month....
...“The biggest implications are going to be for private investors and, to a lesser extent, second homeowners,” he added....
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