Nest Seekers International chief economist Erin Sykes weighs in on the real estate market. For the first time in nearly a year, the average U.S. home is selling for more than its asking price due to a lack of inventory. According to the latest data from real estate firm Redfin, …
Read More »Lloyds Bank and Halifax increase interest rates across savings accounts – full list | Personal Finance | Finance
Halifax, Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland, which are all part of Lloyds Banking Group, will be increasing both variable and fixed savings rates over the course of the next two weeks. Their fixed rate increases will take effect from July 12 and their variable rate increases will take effect from …
Read More »US new vehicle sales continue on upward trend during second quarter
Cars.com CEO Alex Vetter provides insight on the car production issue on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ The U.S. saw an increase in auto sales during the second quarter despite higher prices for customers. Auto sales rose 16.8% to just over 4.1 million between April and June, primarily fueled by stifled demand …
Read More »State pension may hit £11,342 next year but older pensioners could get less than £9k | Personal Finance | Finance
It the triple lock is maintained for the 2024/25 tax year it could end up handing more than 12million pensioners the second bumper pay rise in a row. This will offer some relief as inflation rages, although rising food and energy prices mean many will still be poorer in real …
Read More »BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF will ‘democratize’ crypto: CEO Larry Fink
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink says the company has a good track record of working with regulators on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ BlackRock CEO Larry Fink may be biased when it comes to his firm’s application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, but he tells FOX Business the product would even the …
Read More »How one woman makes £2.6k a week cleaning other people’s homes ‘the dirtier the better’ | Personal Finance | Finance
Charlotte Bosanquet, a 20-year-old woman from Sydney, Australia, who has found her calling in cleaning hoarders’ homes. Charlotte, who grew up cleaning her parents’ bathroom, developed a passion for transforming grubby spaces. Although she studied social and criminal justice at university, she decided to take a gap year to pursue …
Read More »White House sends Yellen to China as expert warns Beijing will push ‘concession based diplomacy’
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the growing tensions between the U.S. and China, and the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will head to China Thursday for a three-day trip, as the Biden administration works to thaw icy relations with Beijing …
Read More »Nationwide Building Society announces increases in interest rates across savings accounts | Personal Finance | Finance
Nationwide customers can benefit from increases of up to 0.80 percent on the building society’s on and off-sale variable rate savings accounts as well as increased rates on their fixed-rate bonds and fixed-rate ISAs. Many banks and building societies have been upping their rates as the Bank of England has …
Read More »Ben & Jerry’s Independence Day message calls for ‘stolen indigenous land’ to be returned to Native Americans
Sky King Fireworks Group President Joe Vanoudenhove discusses the fireworks industry and the impact of inflation. Instead of sharing a patriotic message on the birth of American independence, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s shared a messaged on the Fourth of July arguing that the United States was “founded on …
Read More »Drowning in debt: Older people are surviving on overdrafts or credit cards as prices soar | UK | News
Millions of pensioners are drowning in debt as they struggle to stay afloat in the cost-of-living crisis, a shocking report has warned. Faced with soaring prices, many are borrowing more and turning to overdrafts and credit cards to pay their bills. As many as 3.4 million people aged 50 to …
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