About 650,000 homes in Great Britain are in process of being sold, the property website Rightmove has estimated, with the stamp duty holiday increasing activity in the most expensive regions.
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UK house price boom will collapse once buyers lose their jobs
Bars are closing. Restaurants are seeing bookings cancelled. Retailers are worried about the impact of tightened Covid-19 restrictions on their businesses in the run-up to the crucial period. Everywhere there
Continue reading »Royal Mint to stop production of £2 and 2p coins due to excess stock
The Royal Mint will not produce any new £2 or 2p coins for at least a decade, as its stocks remain high because of the slump in use of cash,
Continue reading »St. Paul uses CARES Act money for mayor's guaranteed income program for struggling families
Sen. Chuck Grassley on coronavirus stimulus deal: ‘Little chance of getting something done’ Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, provides insight into the coronavirus stimulus stalemate. The City Council of St. Paul,
Continue reading »UK house prices soar to record high despite Covid crisis
House prices in the UK jumped to a new record last month, with the average price of a property rising beyond £245,000, according to one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders.
Continue reading »From loo rolls to fashion: how to spend your cash more ethically
Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, many of us were starting to think harder about how we spent our money. Now, with incomes squeezed for some and the pandemic putting
Continue reading »Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property
Selina Flavius is one of a growing number of women in Britain who are talking about money – but as a black woman she faces two challenges. “We experience gender
Continue reading »Can I get health cover if I have to rebook my cancelled holiday?
Like many other readers, I have had a holiday cancelled as a result of the pandemic and am being pressurised into accepting a credit note instead of a refund. My
Continue reading »New coronavirus loan money is likely to dry up quickly, bankers say
New money for loans to small businesses battered by the coronavirus crisis could reportedly dry up almost as soon as it arrives. The US Senate approved $310 billion in extra
Continue reading »Pay £2,000 for a room you can’t use – or break the law?
A friend’s daughter is a first-year student at Bath Spa University. She lives in a hall of residence allocated by the university but run by IQ Student Accommodation. Like most
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