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Personal Finance Published: Monday, August 3, 2026, 20:29 [IST] Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has issued an important advisory asking domestic LPG customers to complete their Aadhaar-based electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) verification to ensure uninterrupted LPG services and subsidy benefits. In some cases, they may have to purchase LPG cylinders at the prevailing market…

“Right now, pending contracts are 30% below their pre-pandemic 2019 level, while payroll employment is 5% above,” he said. “That gap points to sizable pent-up demand that should be unleashed in the coming years as more supply reaches the market and affordability improves.” The labor market complicates the timeline. The US shed 23,000 jobs in July,…

Fix-and-flip real estate investors observed more difficult market conditions during the second quarter compared to the start of the year as elevated mortgage rates suppressed buyer demand and softening resale values undercut projections. Developed by investor-lender Kiavi in partnership with John Burns Research and Consulting, a real estate advisory firm, the Fix and Flip Market…

12:01 AM, 13th August 2026, 2 weeks ago Small landlords can now use a free system to log repair reports and retain evidence showing how each case was handled. Lettie has launched the plan for landlords with up to four properties, a group it says represents around 83% of landlords in England. Tenants can report…

The addition of the assets of AmeriTrust Mortgage will allow Union Home Mortgage to expand its ability to produce non-qualified mortgages, CEO Bill Cosgrove said. Processing Content The transaction was first reported by HousingWire. Financial details were not disclosed. This is the latest mortgage company buy for Union Home. In September, it purchased the origination…

When you drive through neighborhoods in the U.S., you might not expect that a number of those homes are empty. In fact, according to a new study from LendingTree, 14.5 million U.S. homes — roughly 1 in 10 nationwide — are unoccupied. But, LendingTree said, that doesn’t always mean availability. It said that some empty…