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mumbrella.com.au - Tim Burrowes - What Australia's coming housing crisis means for marketers
What Australia's coming housing crisis means for marketers
Mumbrella

Last week, I was on a call with one of my favourite CMOs in the Australian market. We were doing one of our favourite things; debating market conditions and where the market was about to go. This time we debated household wealth. My view is it's…

mirror.co.uk - Robert Rowlands - DWP 'cliff edge' update on Universal Credit and Housing Benefit
DWP 'cliff edge' update on Universal Credit and Housing Benefit
The Mirror

The DWP has released an update on upcoming changes that will impact housing benefit and Universal Credit claimants who are confronted with a so-called 'cliff edge'. Ministers are putting the finishing touches to alterations in legislation that…

ajc.com - Amy Wenk - Waffle House preps for World Cup with new retail storefront
Waffle House preps for World Cup with new retail storefront
ajc

Waffle House submitted plans in Atlanta to remodel its downtown diner next to Centennial Olympic Park. The restaurant would turn what's now a display window into a retail storefront — in time for the World Cup and for future large events.

bbc.co.uk - Richard Price - Houses 'worth nothing' on sinkhole-blocked Stoke-on-Trent road
Houses 'worth nothing' on sinkhole-blocked Stoke-on-Trent road
BBC

Richard Price in Stoke-on-Trent 'We own our house but it's basically worth nothing – we can't sell it and we can't move,' says Rowena Halstead. For the last seven years, she and other residents on their estate have had to put up with a huge…

bbc.co.uk - Richard Price - Houses 'worth nothing' on sinkhole-blocked Stoke-on-Trent road
Houses 'worth nothing' on sinkhole-blocked Stoke-on-Trent road
BBC

'We own our house but it's basically worth nothing – we can't sell it and we can't move,' says Rowena Halstead. For the last seven years, she and other residents on their estate have had to put up with a huge sinkhole in part of the road…

bbc.co.uk - Jordan Davies - Newport: Young people struggle to buy house in Wales' fastest growing city
Newport: Young people struggle to buy house in Wales' fastest growing city
BBC

Nowhere in Wales is growing as fast as Newport. And as the number of people in their 20s and 30s in the city increases, it is also bucking a national trend - as the country gets older, Newport remains young. Sandwiched between economic powerhouses…

theguardian.com - Ian Sample - Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests
Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests
The Guardian

For believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a sinister hint of loitering spirits. But new research points to a more mundane explanation: inaudible sounds from aged pipes and boilers. Scientists…

theguardian.com - Martin Belam - Monday briefing: Everything we know about the White House correspondents' dinner shooting
Monday briefing: Everything we know about the White House correspondents' dinner shooting
The Guardian

Good morning. On Saturday night the annual Washington ritual of the White House correspondents' dinner descended into chaos as the US president and first lady were evacuated after the event was interrupted by gunfire. Journalists ducked under…

theguardian.com - Yohannes Lowe - White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect to be charged as Trump prepares to welcome king - US politics live
White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect to be charged as Trump prepares to welcome king - US politics live
The Guardian

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will convene a meeting this week that will include the Secret Service and the US department of homeland security to assess protocols for major presidential events, a US official has told CBS News. Nobody was…

washingtonpost.com - Washington Post staff - Live updates: White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect wrote statement denouncing Trump
Live updates: White House correspondents' dinner shooting suspect wrote statement denouncing Trump
Washington Post

The man suspected in the White House correspondents' dinner shooting wrote a statement saying he wanted to target members of President Donald Trump's administration, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the document. Acting…

examinerlive.co.uk - Tom Kershaw, Monde Mwitumwa - Rich House Poor House single mum on £98 a week makes heartbreaking decision
Rich House Poor House single mum on £98 a week makes heartbreaking decision
Yorkshire Live

A single mother of two facing financial hardship is confronted with a devastating choice. In Sunday's (April 26) episode of Channel Five's Rich House, Poor House, prosperous Mr Whippy proprietor Joe Sealey exchanges his affluent lifestyle with…

afr.com - Michael Bleby - Mosman housing density challenger withdraws case
Mosman housing density challenger withdraws case
Australian Financial Review

The Mosman resident opposing a NSW plan to boost higher-density housing in her leafy lower north shore suburb has withdrawn her court case against the state government, days ahead of the local council publishing its own alternative plan for 4700…

dailyiowan.com - Evan Watson - Iowa City Housing Authority to create a nonprofit following city approval
Iowa City Housing Authority to create a nonprofit following city approval
The Daily Iowan

Following approval from the Iowa City City Council, the Iowa City Housing Authority has begun organizing a nonprofit, which will allow it the opportunity to leave its public housing plan and join a better funded housing program. Tracy Hightshoe…

wsj.com - WSJ Staff - Panic at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Panic at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Wall Street Journal

This is an edition of the What's News newsletter, which helps you catch up on the headlines and understand the news, free in your inbox daily. If you're not subscribed, sign up here. Authorities are working to understand what drove a gunman to…

bloomberg.com - Daniel Cancel  - John Devaney Eyes Biggest Housing Trade With 'Scarface' Mansion
John Devaney Eyes Biggest Housing Trade With 'Scarface' Mansion
Bloomberg

John Devaney has made and lost fortunes trading housing bonds. Now, the founder of United Capital Markets Inc. is looking to pull off one of his biggest profits by selling his home in Key Biscayne, Florida for $237 million.

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