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In 2025, Congress will need to decide whether to extend the higher standard deduction, which has been in place since 2018.
The more the government borrows, the more expensive it gets for everyone.
Talk of ‘grey belts’ and new towns avoids the key issue.
How likely are the new changes to make home ownership more attainable for Canadians who increasingly view it as a distant dream?
Cancer survivors often struggle to access the same range of financial products as the general population.
When US cities offered low-cost, high-quality public transit during World War II, buses and trains were full. Some cities are trying to revive that formula, after decades of disinvestment.
The committee that decides on UK interest rates has been independent of government since 1997 – but it still attracts controversy.
Around 400,000 UK households are set to experience increases of 50% or more in their mortgage payments.
Financial institutions have a key role to play in funding green building construction and retrofits to cut energy use, running costs and emissions.
As mortgage costs rise more first-time buyers are choosing longer-term loans to keep the monthly payments down.
Australia’s best-off and worst-off have improved their lots. The mortgaged middle has gone backwards.
Around 167,000 UK borrowers are trapped in unfavourable mortgages with higher rates.
Next month’s budget is an opportunity for the government to move beyond its ‘I feel your pain’ rhetoric to a HomeKeeper-style policy for this particular group of temporarily squeezed Australians.
Europe’s ageing population means that Generation Z stands to inherit huge amounts of property in the coming years, resulting in reduced demand for mortgages.
Transferring the tax burden away from people’s earnings and back on to the value of any land that they own would reframe housing as a home, not an asset.
Small adjustments can make a significant difference.
UK house prices are unlikely to rise much in 2024 as interest rate rises continue to bite.
It’s now common knowledge loans and gifts from family are a large part of breaking into the housing market. But how is parental financial support being used in other areas?
ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
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Head of Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting, Brunel University of London
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Economics | Freelance Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Economics, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in Finance, University of Sydney
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Research Affiliate, Mississippi State University
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Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Real Estate, Heriot-Watt University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Property, Western Sydney University
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Professor & Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, Monmouth University
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Professor of Economics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow - Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Management, Newcastle University