Author: Jordan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) recently revamped its buy-to-let (BTL) range, launching three tiers – Flow, Core and Bespoke – designed to cover the full spectrum of borrowing, ownership and portfolio needs. Alex Upton, managing director of specialist mortgages and bridging finance, explains the strategy behind the shake-up.    Why did now feel like the right time to introduce Flow?  The BTL market has become more varied and more nuanced. We are seeing a broader spread of deal sizes, ownership structures and portfolio strategies than we have in the past.  We have always supported that range, but we have not…

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NEW YORK, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National Healthcare Properties, Inc. (“NHP”) today announced the closing of its public offering of 38,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock at $12.00 per share. Shares of NHP’s Class A common stock began trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on April 22, 2026 under the symbol “NHP.” NHP has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5,775,000 shares of its Class A common stock to cover overallotments, if any. NHP intends to use the net proceeds received from the offering to repay approximately $186.0 million of…

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Russians account for 75% of buyers of newly built homes in occupied Mariupol, a new report says, while many local residents remain without housing after Russia destroyed their homes early in the full-scale war.The report, published on April 21 by Mariupol’s city council, which has operated in exile since Russia occupied the city in 2022, says that the Russian occupation authorities continue to build residential buildings using mortgages for further sale.Citing Sergey Mityagin, director general of Russia’s Unified Institute of Spatial Planning, the report says that 75% of apartments are bought by Russians, while only 25% are bought by residents…

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Audit Scotland has published a report by the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General today (Thursday 8th January) entitled: Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges facing health and social care.COSLA’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Councillor Paul Kelly, commented:”We welcome the report and share concerns about the significant pressures facing Scotland’s health and social care system. COSLA remain firmly committed to working with our national and local partners to reduce delays and to support people to return home as soon as they are clinically ready.“The report rightly highlights the complex and system‑wide nature of the challenges, including rising demand,…

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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

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Read The Amity Affliction ’House Of Cards’ | The Album Story below: (Click ‘View Fullscreen’ for digital feature or scroll down for text only version) TEXT ONLY:For a while, The Amity Affliction were existing in survival mode. Not creatively, necessarily. Take a listen to anything they’ve put out over the last two decades and it’s clear that they’ve never struggled to write metalcore ragers that carry the kind of emotional weight most bands spend their entire careers trying to fake. But as people? That’s a different story. By the time the Australian heavyweights began piecing together what would become ‘House…

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On April 23, 2026, Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd disclosed a new position in GDS Holdings(GDS +1.23%), acquiring 445,050 shares in an estimated $19.08 million trade based on the quarterly average price.What happenedAccording to an SEC filing dated April 23, 2026, Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd initiated a new position in GDS Holdings by purchasing 445,050 shares. The estimated investment, based on the average share price for the quarter, was $19.08 million. The quarter-end market value of the stake was $17.93 million, capturing both trading activity and price changes.What else to knowThis was a new position for the…

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