Royal London enters UK single-family housing with Manchester scheme

According to the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales report, pending home sales in June fell by 5.4% month-over-month and 0.3% year-over-year. The report noted that month-over-month pending home sales declined in all four major U.S. regions. Year-over-year pending home sales increased in the Northeast and Midwest but declined in the South and West,…

U.S. consumer prices declined in June for the first time in six years and a key gauge of underlying inflation was little changed, taking some pressure off the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

CapitalRise has provided a £5.5 million senior development loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of a townhouse on Chapel Street in Belgravia. The finance will convert an uninhabitable property into a five-bedroom family home. The townhouse, which extends to approximately 3,500 square feet across six floors, has remained unoccupied and unmaintained for several years. The…

XRP (XRP) broke the descending trend line it had respected for almost a year, and for once my daily chart hands the bulls something to work with. The token traded at $1.10 on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, up about 2.7% on the session, yet still inside the lowest price zone since November 2024. This XRP…

“In most of the country, there are more homes to choose from, fewer bidding wars and more room to negotiate on price, closing costs and repairs,” said Asad Khan, a senior economist at Redfin. “It’s worth shopping around, negotiating aggressively and asking for concessions. Many sellers are more willing to compromise than they have been…

Those with an advisor are far more likely to describe retirement planning using words like secure, confident and excited, and are considerably less likely to call the process overwhelming or to admit fear of getting savings and investment decisions wrong. “The retirees in this study are sending a clear and urgent message to everyone still…