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Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Launching a personal brand as a new real estate agent isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s absolutely essential if you want to stand out in a sea of competitors. Your personal brand should scream you — your values, your skills and that one-of-a-kind personality that makes clients…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury on July 8, 2024 in London, England.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — Doubts are mounting over the Labour government’s flagship growth and investment agenda, with one analyst warning further tax rises could be coming as soon as next year.U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves last week announced a series of reforms, including financial services deregulation and measures to boost pension investments — the latest in a slew of changes aimed at getting the country’s economy growing again.A higher economic growth rate could theoretically boost the government’s tax take without…

The genocide in Gaza is a mass disabling event. More than 400 days of Israeli air strikes and constant ground invasions on heavily populated areas have left more than 22,500 people who have sustained life-changing injuries. Hundreds of people with existing disabilities have been killed or remain under the rubble. Ninety percent of Gaza’s population has been displaced, some as many as 20 times. The destruction of infrastructure hinders the mobility of people with all types of disabilities, making it extremely difficult for them to flee when ordered by the Israeli military. Just as the Israeli army is destroying the…

Kailyn Lowry would like to issue a correction. On more than one semi-recent occasion, the former Teen Mom 2 star has said she was done having kids. Last year, Lowry said as much during an episode of one of her podcasts, stating very straightforwardly: “No more pregnancies, no more surprise pregnancies, unplanned pregnancies, pregnancy, surrogacy, none of it.” We’re up close here with Kailyn Lowry on an episode of Teen Mom. (Image Credit: MTV) A couple months later, after revealing she had given birth to twins, Lowry said the doctor had tied her tubes as part of the C-section that…

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Monday announced that it will raise the 2025 multifamily loan caps for purchases by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to $73 billion each. This represents a total of $146 billion in multifamily market support for next year, an increase of more than 4% from 2024 levels. FHFA establishes these caps every year, and as was the case for 2024, “multifamily loans that finance workforce housing will be excluded from the 2025 limits,” the announcement explained. FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said that the new caps highlight the agency’s efforts to…

Airbnb is planning to host gladiator fights in Rome’s Colosseum.Selected guests will be able to take part in candlelit mock battles dressed in gladiator garb.Some local lawmakers, meanwhile, aren’t happy about Airbnb’s event idea.Airbnb is attempting to kick off gladiator fights in Rome’s historic Colosseum after 2,000 years, but local lawmakers in the Italian city are not impressed.In a press release on November 13, the vacation rental company said that 16 participants will be picked to fight in a mock battle in May 2025, dressed in gladiator garb. The event is happening because of a $1.5 million tie-up between Airbnb…

Getty ImagesA Hong Kong court has sentenced key pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections. Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years.Most of the group were found guilty of conspiring to attempt subversion, while two were acquitted.Their trial marked the largest use of the harsh national security law (NSL) which China imposed on Hong Kong shortly after the city’s explosive pro-democracy protests…

Forever kind of love! Lindsay Lohan surprised fans when she announced her engagement to Bader Shammas in November 2021 — after keeping their relationship very private for two years. Lohan was first linked to the businessman in 2019 after relocating to Dubai five years prior. The Mean Girls actress officially debuted her relationship with Shammas in November 2021. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Less than one year later, Lohan’s rep confirmed to Us Weekly in July 2022 that she and Shammas had tied the knot. The couple expanded their family the following year with the arrival of their first baby.…

In the latest filing in its quest for damages, Utah-based discount brokerage Homie asserted NAR, KW, RE/MAX and others created and enforced rules that amounted to an illegal conspiracy. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. The National Association of Realtors and some of the nation’s largest brokerages and franchisors colluded to block discount…

Local residents walk past destroyed houses in the city, approximately 10 km from the frontline, on November 16, 2024 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine.Libkos | Getty ImagesThe Kremlin has lashed back against a White House decision to now allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range weapons for limited strikes inside Russian territory.The decision, reported by NBC News, marks a major reversal in Washington policy a mere two months before the mandate expiry of President Joe Biden, who has steered U.S. engagement in the Ukraine conflict since Russia’s wholescale invasion in February 2022.Previously, the Biden administration had limited the deployment of American-made long-range arsenal…