Real estate investors face ‘key test’ as sentiment falls to record low

More than one million homeowners face big hikes to their monthly mortgage repayments after rolling off cheaper two-year deals, according to data from Compare the Market. The data shows that 1,095,905 homeowners who took out mortgages in 2024 are now coming off two-year fixed rates with an average interest rate of 4.81%. This includes 122,526…

Are you ready to stick a $500 camera toothbrush in your mouth? Dyson just launched an electric toothbrush and “precision flosser” that blasts water into the gaps between your teeth. How does it find those gaps? Great question — it uses a tiny camera to spot them and power wash away plaque or bits of…

I didn’t think parking spaces would have a particularly big impact on my life, but ultimately, it was the thought of not having to parallel park on the street every day that made me realize I was going to move back to the town I grew up in. My partner and I were trying to…

by Calculated Risk on 1/10/2026 08:11:00 AM The key reports this week are December CPI, Existing Home Sales and November Retail Sales. Also, New Home Sales for September and October will be released. For manufacturing, the December Industrial Production report and the January New York and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys will be released. —– Monday,…

OpenAI says that its new model has reached the AI industry’s most sought-after milestone. “Welcome to the AGI era,” Greg Brockman, the company’s president, said at the end of a press call announcing the arrival of OpenAI’s Astra model on Thursday. AGI stands for artificial general intelligence, a fuzzy concept that nonetheless has become a…