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Mortgage rates came down again last week, but mortgage demand from homebuyers continued to decline, as high home prices and inflation stretch affordability.

The Greensboro Police Department in North Carolina has sparked widespread reaction online after telling people who believe their cocaine dealer shortchanged them to contact the police and file an official complaint. Read More: https://punchng.com/call-us-to-complain-us-police-urge-cheated-cocaine-buyers/

Councils say some websites are offering LIMs for up to five times what the councils charge for a standard report.

Andrew Jarvis devised company structures enabling unlawful land purchases.

Police arrested a Thai man in Bangkok on Saturday for operating an illegal foreign exchange service for people buying goods from China via Chinese payment platforms.

Rarefied market includes jeans-wearing hipsters in their 20s and wealthy people in their 40s with family links to Ireland

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EXCLUSIVE: London-based SC Films International has struck a slew of international deals on animated family-adventure Cloud Girl (previously known as Girl in the Clouds). The feature from French writer-director Philippe Riche was inspired by Romain Puértolas’ 2015 novel The Little Girl Who Swallowed a Cloud as Big as the Eiffel Tower and screened as an […]

Plus, Netanyahu faces a high-stakes showdown over whether he will stay in office, and the brutal Harvard class everyone wants to take.

A new study from the University of Otago spoke to 20 smokers who buy from the illicit tobacco market.

As Marbella shifts from a sellers’ market towards a buyers’ market, informed Irish buyers are finding quality and value, provided they are ready to act

An iPhone Duo can become even more expensive if you have to repair it, so it's vital to plan for that ahead of time.

The case pertains to allegations that Anil Mithas, promoter of a Noida-based real estate company, diverted funds collected from homebuyers by UFHL for its Aranya project, prompting money laundering proceedings by the agency

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is among a raft of buyers for RTÉ and BBC comedy-drama The Walsh Sisters. Based on a book series from bestselling author Marian Keyes, Season 1 was Irish broadcaster RTÉ’s highest-rated drama of the past two years. The BBC and RTÉ have greenlit a Season 2 of the show, which is in production. […]

In today’s episode of Trending Middle East , the Saudi-led coalition carries out strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, saying it destroyed Houthi ballistic missile launch sites used to attack Riyadh. Meanwhile, Jordanian security forces arrest three suspects after an attack on a church in Karak governorate that killed nine people and injured 40. In the UAE, offi

Two first-home-buying couples battled it out for the five-bedroom Victorian terrace in Richmond, with the bank of mum and dad on hand to help to win the keys.

The trend marks a stark turn from earlier this decade, when sellers often received well above their asking price as home shoppers empowered by rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy that sent home prices soaring.

Apple is facing complaints of damaged screens on its newly launched iPhone Duo , with some early buyers reporting cracks and display failures only hours after using the company’s first foldable smartphone. Images shared on Reddit appear to show damage concentrated around the hinge of the device’s inner display, with vertical cracks running down the centre an

Apple's global launch of the foldable iPhone Duo brought scalpers to the Beijing flagship store looking to pay big for the already pricey devices.

The Your First Home scheme will offer government-backed loans for those buying new-builds in England.

BPFI report indicates there were 8,164 first-time buyer mortgages drawn down in third quarter

Seasoned Egyptian screenwriter and producer Mariam Naoum sees no shortage of creative talent in Arab television. The harder question is how to give that talent the time, development and routes to market it needs to thrive and build lasting careers. As head of the newly launched CineGouna Series, El Gouna Film Festival’s first development program […]

Buyers of properties in this Canberra suburb say they have been left stranded as they grapple with incomplete works while locked in contractual disputes with the builder.

Everything has a selling price, and in Xbox's case, Microsoft's gaming division could be worth at least $100 billion. That's according to a new report, which claims that several private equity firms mulled purchasing Xbox and were willing to go as high as $150 billion for Microsoft's gaming hub--enough cash to buy 15 billion rubber duckies, 50 billion McDoub