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IKEA is trialling its own second-hand online marketplace so customers can sell to each other instead of relying on buy-and-sell sites such as eBay or Gumtree. IKEA Second Hand Homes is already up and running in Madrid and Oslo, and the Swedish furniture giant plans to launch the site globally in December.This comes against a backdrop of steady growth in the market for second-hand furniture, clothes and equipment.The incentive will align with IKEA’s sustainability goals by reusing items so they don’t end up in landfill. It will also help the company make more profits from reselling its own merchandise.”After December,…

Pavel Durov, Russian-born billionaire founder of Telegram messaging app Arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday nightthere was more speculation than substance about his fate.A headline from a Russian newspaper summed up the event: “The arrest (or detention) of Pavel Durov, the ‘Russian Zuckerberg,’ is one of the most important yet mysterious global news stories,” declared the Nezavisimaya Gazeta.real.Just to say “mysterious” is a bit of an understatement.Why did French police detain him? What charges will he face? Does this have anything to do with his recent visit to Azerbaijan and meeting (or not meeting) Russian President Vladimir Putin?For two…

real estate technology home light The company announced on Monday that it had raised $20 million to expand the offering of its “buy now, sell later” product to mortgage lenders and real estate agents in 40 new states. Zev Venturesan early-stage venture fund that led a Series D extension and has joined three-dimensional capital and Menlo Ventures. according to tighten base HomeLight is estimated to have raised $762.5 million in 15 rounds of funding since its founding in 2012, with a total of 25 investors participating. house line In June 2022, the company reportedly raised $115 million ($60 million in…

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at loggerheads over whether to mute one of the microphones when it’s the other’s turn to speak during the pair’s scheduled debate next month.In a statement to BBC US partner CBS News, the Harris campaign said it expected both candidates’ microphones to remain live throughout the broadcast.The Trump campaign reportedly wants the ABC debate scheduled for September 10 to adhere to the same rules agreed upon when Joe Biden was the Democratic nominee. This means the microphone is muted.Amid the apparent impasse, the former president questioned the network’s impartiality and suggested…

Headquartered in Detroit Rocket Mortgage A 2-1 temporary home purchase program paid for by a lender was launched on Monday for low-income households. The program, called Welcome Home RateBreak, is available to buyers purchasing a single-family home whose income is 80 percent or less of the Area Median Income (AMI). Rocket estimates the size of this group to be more than 90 million people. This product is available through Rocket Mortgage and its wholesale division Rocket Professional TPOthe loan limit is $350,000. It is funded by Rocket through an escrow account that will cover the difference between the reduced payments…

ReutersBeachgoers in Tire saw thick smoke billowing from the Lebanese-Israeli border during Sunday’s attackFor nearly a month, many people in Lebanon have been on tenterhooks, waiting for Hezbollah to retaliate against Israel. The region is also waiting, wondering whether it will trigger a wider war.Everyone knows that powerful Iranian-backed groups will avenge Israel’s assassination of senior military commander Fuad Shukr on July 30. The Israelis managed to hunt him down deep in South Beirut, Hezbollah’s heartland. It was both a strategic loss and a public humiliation.Hours later, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran had all the hallmarks…

“Nothing is more frustrating than the EPO. The EPO’s penalty not only hits the company, but it also transfers this right to the LO and takes back their commission,” said Michael Clark, Vice President of the European Patent Office . major residential mortgage companies While Clark Branch promoters don’t cover those fees when borrowers refinance within the EPO window, he expects there will be a wave of penalties as refinance shops start offering customers lower rates. . “I’ve seen it. I’ve seen it in pricing,” Clark said. “There are a ton of different coupons available on FHA, Veterans Administration (VA)…

At least 60 people have died after a dam burst due to heavy rainfall in war-torn Sudan.A search operation is ongoing but there are fears the death toll could be higher. The Arbat Dam has a capacity of 25 million cubic meters and is the main source of drinking water for the coastal city of Port Sudan, where the military government is located. After 16 months of civil war, Sudan is now experiencing torrential rains and floods that have killed dozens and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.The collapse of a dam in Red Sea state was one…

While many in the industry expect buyer’s agent compensation to drop, industry leaders like Okoniewski are concerned that agents who are lowering their prices are not thinking long term. “Right now, I predict that agents who offer massive discounts will eventually go bankrupt, no matter how hard they try, because you can’t sustain a business like that,” she said. “Broker margins are already so thin that agents who are weak and trying to explain their business and justify their costs will lag behind agents who demonstrate their value to clients so clients feel they are getting rewarded.” services they paid…

Russia has launched a massive attack in Ukraine, severely damaging some power and water systems and killing at least three people.On Monday morning, explosions occurred in several cities, including Kiev, with more than half of the country under attack. Authorities in Zaporozhye, Lutsk and central Dnipropetrovsk regions all reported deaths in the massive airstrikes using missiles and drones.Ukraine’s prime minister says Russia has been targeting its energy infrastructure as part of a long-term strategy by Moscow’s military.Drone and missile attacks began across the country on Monday night and continued into the morning, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.Explosions were…