Foreign buyers purchased $45.3B in U.S. existing homes, NAR says
Molo has adjusted our UK resident buy-to-let (BTL) range, increasing two-year fixed rates from tomorrow. Standard BTL two- and five-year fixed rates will start from 3.21% and 4.99% respectively. Specialist BTL two-year fixed rates will start from 3.31% while five-year fixes in the range will start from 5.09%. The existing product range will be withdrawn…
Shares of IT services company HCL Tech slipped 3.1% to Rs 1,183 on the BSE on Tuesday despite reporting a 20% year-on-year (YoY) growth in consolidated net profit to Rs 4,624 crore for the first quarter. The figure stood at Rs 3,843 crore in the year-ago quarter. Revenue from operations for the June quarter increased…
Before earned wage access became a FinTech category, restaurant workers had a simpler version of it: finish the shift, collect the tips and go home with money earned that day. Cashless payments disrupted that routine. Restaurants still had workers expecting their tips at the end of a shift, but fewer customers were leaving the cash…
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley‘s $4 million Pennsylvania home was the subject of a home invasion over the weekend—while the athlete was at the property with his family. Local officials confirmed that the Chester County, PA, property was targeted in an incident that took place on July 18 at around 5 a.m., while revealing…
It’s summer, and as the temperature rises, so too do energy bills. According to a recent survey from SupplyHouse, nearly three out of four homeowners (77%) say summer energy bills are causing them financial stress. Additionally, 65% say they’ve already cut back on things like dining out/takeout (49%), shopping (35%), subscriptions (27%) and even groceries…
Labor accounts for 51.7% of hotel operating expenses and 32.4% of total revenue at U.S. hotels, according to CBRE Group’s “Trends in the Hotel Industry” report, which analyzed 2,456 properties using 2023 data. Hotels paid 11.9% more in total labor costs that year while operating with 5.9% fewer employees than in 2019, CBRE found. They…