In this Financial Samurai podcast episode, I speak to Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise about his outlook for residential commercial real estate in 2025. Despite high mortgage rates, he’s taken a positive view and he shares the main
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Why is the UK’s economic growth falling behind?
…I spend a lot of time looking through research papers and think-tank notes afflicted with a disease I call “policy lever-itus”. This painful affliction consists of undue regard for big-picture thinking about why economic growth is so poor in the
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Trump’s first week: what does it mean for your money?
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Good morning, and thanks for joining our live blog. Dan McEvoy and Katie Williams here to take you through what promises to be an eventful day for global markets, as Donald Trump is inaugurated as US president for
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Rightmove: new year asking prices rise as record numbers of homes hit the market
…Record numbers of homeowners have made a new year’s resolution to sell their property.
Rightmove’s latest House Price Index for January shows average asking prices have increased by the largest amount for this month since 2020 as estate agents and
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What’s changing with employers’ National Insurance – and how will it impact you?
…One of the most controversial measures revealed in the Autumn Budget was an increase to employers’ National Insurance (NI).
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that employers’ contributions would increase from 13.8% to 15% from April 2025. The threshold at which businesses
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Living Well On $500K A Year: Escaping The Rat Race Faster
…A couple earning $500,000 a year should feel rich, right? That’s top 2% territory in America—plenty of cash to save, invest, and splurge on the finer things in life. Or so you’d think. But when I dive into the
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Will Donald Trump invade Greenland?
…Ahead of his inauguration, Donald Trump engaged in some sabre-rattling. Not against America’s enemies, though, but three close allies: Denmark, Canada and Panama. Trump’s musings about absorbing Canada as the 51st US state were mostly treated as bombastic posturing. But
