• Family homes go on sale for the price of an Edinburgh flat: New luxury homes near city

    Bonnington Place, from Bancon Homes, it’s a stylish development of 33 luxury homes, with two, three and four bedroom layouts available. Here, just four miles from the city bypass, it creates the perfect blend of accessible location and tranquil haven; It’s hard to believe Scotland’s busiest airport is just a few miles up the road, and the nightlife of Edinburgh is on your doorstep, while your home feels like a little slice of a semi-rural idyll. The brand new Bancon Homes development is at...

  • Home sale prices are down in these Maine cities

    Homes in these cities are still unaffordable on the average household income. But the downturn signals that demand might be steadying.

  • Home prices in Netherlands increased over 5% in March

    The average owner-occupied home cost 432,061 euros in the Netherlands in March, 5.4 percent more expensive than in the same month last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Land Registry reported. Prices rose by 0.7 percent in March compared to February.

  • Tesla slashes prices amid slumping sales

    Tesla dropped the prices of its vehicles globally on Friday as the largest electric vehicle manufacturer faces declining sales. The prices of the Model X, Model Y and Model S — three of its four best-selling vehicles — were each reduced by $2,000, days after the company recorded below-anticipated delivery figures for the first quarter

  • Report: Luxury Home Prices Reach Record Highs

    Prices for luxury homes in the United States have reached a record high, rising nearly nine percent in the first quarter of 2024, twice as much as the prices of non-luxury homes.

  • Americans go home: Both Niger and Chad yank the welcome mat

    The U.S. military presence in Central and West Africa is proving increasingly unwelcome. On Wednesday, the State Department announced that the U.S. would soon begin “an orderly and responsible withdrawal” of its more than 1,000 U.S. service members currently deployed in Niger.” A mere 24 hours later, came reports that the Pentagon will withdraw its 75 Army Special Forces personnel as early as next week from neighboring Chad amid uncertainty about whether Washington’s status of forces agreement...

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    Google and the conversation topic many Americans want banned in the office

    Just under half of all workers say they would be in favor of a ban on talking politics in the office, a new CNBC survey finds.

  • American Women Reveal What Shocks Them About UK People, Homes and Clothes

    Many people from the United States move to live in the U.K., whether for work relocation, studying, family, or other reasons.Going from the U.S. to the U.K. can shock those who have made the change due to the significant differences between the two countries.Three American women now residing in the U.K. have been documenting their experiences adapting to their new home. Andrea Celeste, Helene Sula and Aurora Lofton have expressed their personal opinions through posts on their TikTok accounts.One...

  • Americans Pour Into Pawnshops, Selling Gold Jewelry As Price Surges

    Americans Pour Into Pawnshops, Selling Gold Jewelry As Price Surges With gold trading at record highs, cash-strapped Americans are heading to pawnshops to sell their jewelry. “People are using gold as an ATM they never had,” King Gold & Pawn and Empire Gold Buyers owner Gene Furman tells Bloomberg. He says gold-selling traffic at his 5th Avenue location in New York City has more than tripled as gold has surged 17% off its 2024 low in February to now trade near $2,400 an ounce. ...

  • Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving subscription price in half

    Tesla has reduced the price of its Full Self-Driving monthly subscription by half.

  • Arkansas among many states price-gouging prisoners on commissary items

    The Appeal, a nonprofit news organization focusing on criminal justice, last week published an excellent report on commissary price-gouging in the nation's prisons — including some notes on Arkansas.

  • Price slashed by 25% on air fryer that people are using to 'replace their Ninja'

    The Duronic Dual Air Fryer has been reduced by 25% to €149, down from €198, but shoppers can save an extra €11 by using the voucher on the product page, taking the total cost to €137