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Following the boom in the housing market during the COVID-19 Pandemic, numerous factors slowed property price growth. Firstly, the lasting economic effects of the pandemic saw a rise in inflation. Secondly, the Ukraine War exacerbated inflation further, meaning goods and oil became significantly more expensive. Thirdly, Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget announcement sent the UK economy into a tailspin.To correct inflation, the Bank of England raised interest rates 14 times in a row. In turn, this made mortgage rates more expensive, slowing property price growth and reducing activity in the market.Following this turmoil, many experts forecast double-digit price falls.However, Rightmove’s latest…

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United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has renewed its call to compel the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to respond to the company’s petition to create rules on crypto, using the regulator’s recent enforcement action against Kraken to back up its claims.In a Nov. 22 filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, lawyers representing Coinbase filed a response to a Nov. 21 letter from the SEC saying it planned to provide a status report on the crypto rulemaking petition by Dec. 15. Coinbase filed its petition in July 2022, requesting the SEC “propose and adopt rules to…

The Thanksgiving holiday typically brings families and friends together in a celebration of common gratitude for all the good things that have happened during the previous year. People celebrate the holiday in various ways, with parades, football marathons, and attending religious services, but food remains the over-arching theme. For astronauts embarked on long-duration space missions, separation from family and friends is inevitable and they rely on fellow crew members to share in the tradition and enjoy the culinary traditions as much as possible. In this most unusual of years when the pandemic may alter typical Thanksgiving gatherings, it seems appropriate…

It was confirmed on Monday that the show will take a break after presenter Freddie Flintoff was seriously injured during filming last year. As years of motoring mayhem come to a close, join us as we look back at when Top Gear visited Sussex. Episode one of Top Gear’s 17th series featured a segment celebrating the 50th birthday of the E-type Jaguar. Former host Jeremy Clarkson sets off from Kent in a black E-type and is reduced to a childish mess at how beautiful it is to drive as he thunders through the leafy countryside. Clarkson next to the E-type Jaguar…

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Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Britney Spears’ two sons Sean Preston and Jayden were seen enjoying some time in the water with their dad Kevin Federline in Hawaii on Tuesday, November 21. The two boys were seen paddling out on surfboards with their dad in the photos, which you can see here, via Page Six. They were also joined by their older half-sister Kori for the family day. The outing marked the first time that Jayden was seen since moving to Hawaii. The family was seen wading in the water with paddleboards as they made their way out. In some of the photos, Jayden, 17, was seen with a short hairstyle, as he…

In July, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Provost Cynthia Barnhart issued a call for papers to “articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of generative AI.” Over the next month, they received an influx of responses from every school at MIT proposing to explore generative AI’s potential applications and impact across areas ranging from climate and the environment to education, health care, companionship, music, and literature. Now, 27 proposals have been selected to receive exploratory funding. Co-authored by interdisciplinary teams of faculty and researchers affiliated with all five of the Institute’s schools and the…

The Chancellor announced a £320 million plan to unlock investment from his Mansion House Reforms, including measures that are expected to provide an additional £1,000 for pension pots each year while also freeing up new investment vehicles to support innovative UK companies. This will be supported by a new Growth Fund established within the British Business Bank. Andrew Drylie, Investment Manager for Quadri Ventures, commented: “The Chancellor’s Mansion House Compact was a positive step for early-stage startups, unlocking a significant amount of previously untouchable capital from pension funds. However, if the UK is going to deliver on its lofty Silicon…

There’s been a lot of headlines and forecasts about house prices this year, and if they’re going to fall significantly. Mortgage rates started to climb in 2022 as the Bank of England tried to combat stubbornly high inflation. There’s also been speculation about the impact of home-movers’ stretched affordability and how this might affect the housing market. At the end of last year, the forecast from our property expert Tim Bannister was that we’d see asking prices dip over the course of 2023. He said: “We’re heading towards a more even balance between supply and demand, but we don’t expect…