Who benefits when listings go private, and who pays for less exposure?
NYCHA has a notorious track record as the city’s largest landlord, but Mamdani wants to “reboot” the public housing authority — and make it more of a partner to private developers. The mayor’s agenda to address New York City’s housing crisis has brought back some long dormant ideas of how the public sector can help…
A retired New York lawyer who bought a $5.5 million Cape Cod mansion that was teetering on the verge of falling into the ocean claims he shouldn’t have to pay off his mortgage because he was “manic” when he bought it. John G. Bonomi Jr, 66, purchased the 5,817-square-foot dwelling situated between Cape Cod Bay…
For retail investors, the RBI Retail Direct scheme offers a way to invest in government securities directly, without the need for a broker. Investors can open a Retail Direct Gilt (RDG) account with the RBI and access both primary issuances and the secondary market through NDS-OM. The platform allows you to invest in Treasury Bills…
Mortgage and protection firms including Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), Connells, LifeSearch and Reassured will join Aviva for the Skiddaw Forest Challenge to raise funds for Cumbria Wildlife Trust. More than 150 industry professionals will take part in the two-day event on 30 September and 1 October, alongside colleagues from Aviva’s protection business. The challenge,…
A government expert estimated that after Redfin’s exit, Zillow customers paid an average of 14.5% more per listing. With more than 30% of Americans renting their homes, according to US Census Bureau data, the agency viewed the competitive damage as broadly significant. When FTC first filed suit, it noted that Zillow, Redfin, and CoStar’s Apartments.com…
Veeco Instruments (VECO -3.84%), a rather niche manufacturer of equipment used to make semiconductors and hard disk drives, wasn’t very niche in the eyes of many investors in September. A recommendation upgrade by a now-very-bullish analyst earned the company plenty of attention, and its stock became a popular item. Across that summer-to-fall month, Veeco’s share…