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Brickflow generated more than £520m in loan offers across bridging, commercial mortgages and development finance in Q2 2026, its MarketWatch report has shown. Demand for decisions in principle (DIPs) strengthened across most product lines, climbing 6% in bridging and 12% in commercial mortgages quarter-on-quarter. Development finance DIPs, by contrast, slipped 4.3%. Bridging appetite…
SpaceX’s acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor could be completed in the coming days. That’s according to a report Friday (Aug. 9) from The Information, citing comments to staff at an all-hands meeting the day before. During that meeting, workers learned that the Cursor brand name would likely be phased out in the months to…
After years of negative sentiment, the retail real estate market is finding itself in strong demand. In fact, 2026 is shaping up to be the most competitive market for retail real estate acquisitions in recent years, according to JLL’s 2026 U.S. Retail Thematic Outlook and Investor Survey. JLL found that 64% of retail investors surveyed…
Bonds are weaker to start the new week and the catalyst is simple. The U.S. ramped up air strikes in Iran, both in terms of number and distance inland. Iran responded by hitting various allied targets. Perhaps more importantly for financial markets, shipping traffic has returned back to war-time lows after a noticeable surge in…
The Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 2026 has replaced the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995, aligning the pension framework with the Code on Social Security, 2020. The new scheme came into effect on 29 June. While the core objective of providing pension benefits to employees remains unchanged, the new scheme introduces several administrative and structural improvements,…
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Even as home price gains have slowed, buying a house doesn’t appear to be getting any easier. Homebuyer affordability slid in June for the fifth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors’ latest housing affordability index. Based on the median price of a single-family house, $446,400,…