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Scotland's House of the Northern Gate is paradise found
Globetrender
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July 15, 2025
A restored Victorian manor on Scotland's remote Dunnet Head offers exclusive-use access to a playground with royal heritage and acres of dramatic Highland scenery, writes Sam Bradley These days it’s all too easy to whizz past somewhere special (or...
GenAI taking over digital video buyers’ creatives
MarTech
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July 15, 2025
Generative AI is transforming digital video ad creation, with 86% of digital video buyers either using or planning to use it in creatives, according to the IAB’s just-released 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy report. Currently, 30% of...
Bitcoin fell to $115,222 after three major crypto bills backed by Trump were blocked in the House
Cryptopolitan
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July 15, 2025
Bitcoin nosedived to $115,222 on Tuesday, dropping 4% in just minutes, after three key crypto bills tied to Donald Trump were blocked in the House of Representatives. The bills collapsed during a procedural vote that saw 13 Republicans break ranks...
Stop being negative about savers buying shares, Reeves says
BBC
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July 15, 2025
Dearbail Jordan & Simon JackBusiness reporter & business editor ShareSave Chancellor Rachel Reeves The chancellor has told the financial industry it must change the "negative" narrative around savers investing money in stocks and shares in order...
Median house price up 5.1% in BOP
SunLive
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July 15, 2025
The median house price in the Bay of Plenty region has increased 5.1% in a year, rising to $822,000, and price deviations across the country are keeping the market stable on the surface. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand released its...
How I house-sat my way to solo home ownership at 42
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 15, 2025
I'm a 42-year-old divorced stand-up comic. This isn't a cry for help — I'm merely putting my life in context. I'm allergic to working in the corporate world despite an MBA and multiple burnouts to prove my eligibility as a capitalist stooge. And...
Growth at all costs? 5 green economy takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech
Edie
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July 15, 2025
Image: Kirsty O'Connor for HM Treasury Reeves has delivered her last major speech before Parliament’s summer recess, aiming to put an end to rumours that she could be stood down as Chancellor. She outlined plans to get Brits to invest more in...
Importing Egyptian Fruits: 7 Buyer Advantages
The European Business Review
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July 15, 2025
If you handle produce procurement, the question is no longer whether to import fresh fruit from Egypt but how to do it efficiently. Egypt’s blend of year-round sunshine, fertile Nile soils, and strategic shipping lanes has turned the country into...
Stop being negative about savers buying shares, Reeves tells business leaders
BBC
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July 15, 2025
The chancellor has told the financial industry it must change the "negative" narrative around savers investing money in stocks and shares in order to help grow the economy. In a speech, Rachel Reeves said: "For too long, we have presented...
Trouble for ‘My Home’ buyers
Kathimerini
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More and more properties to be sold through the “My Home” state subsidy program are deemed overvalued, based on the estimates of banks’ engineers. Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports of lower estimates on the value of...
How Connecticut cities compare among best and worst for first-time home buyers
NBC Connecticut
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July 15, 2025
Buying a home is a major milestone, but the number of first-time home buyers hit a historic low last year, according to WalletHub. They said only 24% of home purchases were made by first-time buyers, down from 32% the year before. Now they have...
The house that built Rory: Inside McIlroy's childhood home, his local pub and the 'lightning' putting green that forged a champion
Daily Mail
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July 15, 2025
The man at the door is a kind and friendly sort. He’s also not much of a golf fan, but there’s an artificial putting green in his back garden and occasionally it draws strangers to his house on the corner of Strathearn Court and Belfast Road. This...
Central Park to invest Rs 550 crore in developing a serviced apartment project in Gurgaon
The Economic Times
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July 15, 2025
Realty developer Central Park will invest Rs 550 crore in developing a serviced apartment project in Sohna, near Gurgaon. The project is developed in 3.818 acre area within company’s township Central Park Flower Valley. It will develop 353 units...
AerFin repairs and returns CFM56 engine to service — maximising asset value through in-house capability
Aviation Maintenance Magazine
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July 15, 2025
AerFin, the aviation asset specialist that buys, sells, leases and repairs aircraft, engines and parts, has successfully repaired and returned to service a CFM56 engine that was originally considered unserviceable – a clear demonstration of our...
No Sad Beige Onesies in This House
The Cut
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July 15, 2025
The author’s daughter, Lulu. Photo: Jason Diamond. During the blur of the newborn phase, my wife, Emily, walked into the living room and told me that she had figured out our baby’s personal style. Her look, Emily joked, was “Lisa Says Goo Goo Gah...
Barratt Redrow share price plunges 9% on profits hit – time to consider buying?
The Motley Fool UK
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July 15, 2025
The Barratt Redrow (LSE: BTRW) share price is falling faster than any other stock on the FTSE 100 today (15 July), down around 9.5% at one point but almost 7% as I write this. It’s a real downside on a positive day for the index, which broke...
Can real estate firms represent both buyers and sellers?
AZ Central - Arizona
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Christopher A. Combs Question: My Princeton college roommate is an attorney with an international law firm and came into town last week to look at $3 million to $4 million homes in Paradise Valley. I showed him my three listings within his price...
What changes to mortgages for first-time buyers means for you
Metro
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July 15, 2025
The government also wants to make it possible for potential buyers to use rent records to show they can afford mortgage repayments (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) A raft of changes to mortgages will mean tens of thousands more first-time...
Foreign buyers snapping up U.S. homes again
National Mortgage News
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July 14, 2025
While some would-be U.S. homebuyers are feeling squeamish about high interest rates and broader economic uncertainty, foreign buyers are increasingly eager to get a slice of the country's housing market. Foreign buyers bought more than 78,000...
Archana Puran Singh goes house-hunting in Dubai, loves Rs 12 cr apartment
The Indian Express
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July 15, 2025
Archana Puran Singh, who is currently posting vlogs from her trip to Dubai, went house-hunting with her family. As always, Archana was accompanied by her husband, Parmeet Sethi, and their two sons, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. Aaryamann recently...