The number of UK residential property transactions fell by 2% in July 2026 compared with June, according to the latest provisional figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Seasonally adjusted residential transactions stood at 96,710 in July, down from 98,390 in June and 1% lower…
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TikTok was Julia Kong’s biggest source of brand deals when she started her creator career in 2020. Today, Instagram has replaced it as her top revenue driver, though her TikTok following is still vastly larger. “It’s what brands would prefer to reference when deciding whether or not to work with you,” Kong, who posts about…
Consumers, AI spending likely supported US economic growth in the second quarter
Carlyle Group and Haussmann Development have plans to partner on a 99-unit apartment complex in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The two developers filed plans Thursday with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to bring a new 12-story mixed-use building to 566 Grand Avenue, near the corner of Grand Avenue and Bergen Street. SEE…
The average asking rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit in Montreal fell to $1,586 in July, down $13 from June and $105, or 6.2%, from a year earlier, according to liv.rent. Furnished one-bedroom rents also declined, falling 0.7% from June to an average of $1,623. Seven of the 10 Montreal neighbourhoods tracked in the report…
Roma Finance has hired Paula Dowson as national account manager. Dowson joins from Landbay, where she worked as senior regional account manager. She has 25 years of experience under her belt, having also held roles at Castle Trust Bank, Glenhawk, and Together. Throughout her career, Dowson has worked across the bridging and specialist lending…
Key insight: Bankers in the U.S. can learn a few things from watching the rollout of the EU’s new AI Act. Specifically, they should notice the gaping hole where rules about identity verification ought to be. What’s at stake: The banking industry has spent years building systems around the idea that someone’s voice, and/or face,…