Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, and my distinguished guests, my fellow Americans, this is America’s day. This is democracy’s day, a day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew. And America has risen … Read more
London has driven a 7.6 per cent national rise in house prices after the average property in the capital surpassed £500,000 for the first time. In the UK as a whole, the average price of a home rose to a record £249,633 in November, up from £231,100 a year earlier, said the Office for National … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: There’s hope this house price boom may be far from over By Ruth Sunderland Business Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:59 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 01:00 GMT, 21 January 2021 COVID-19 has caused more damage to the UK economy than any other crisis in living memory, yet the housing market … Read more
Melania Trump did not write her own ‘thank you’ notes to White House staff who cared for her family for the past four years, CNN reports. The former First Lady, who left Washington alongside her husband on Wednesday morning, instead outsourced the the work to a lower-level staffer. The typed notes – addressed to butlers, cooks, … Read more
The White House was in darkness this morning aside from the Residence, where Trump is gathering the last of his things before moving out to make way for Joe Biden, who will be inaugurated as America’s 46th President at noon. President Trump is expected to fly to Florida at around 8am, skipping Biden’s inauguration ceremony … Read more
A Victorian terraced house with hidden gadgets fit for a Bond villain has hit the market for £1.5million – with features including secret rooms, invisible speakers and concealed TV and cinema screens. Tech expert Richard Smythe purchased Hillside as a run-down B&B five years ago, but quickly turned it into a six-bedroom smart home in … Read more
So much for ‘draining the swamp’! Trump revokes his own rules preventing White House staff from lobbying in one of his final acts as President Trump rescinded his own 2017 executive order in the early hours of Wednesday The order had prevented federal administration employees from lobbying or working for foreign countries after leaving their … Read more
The stamp duty holiday’s days are numbered. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is said to have ruled out an extension to the tax break that ignited the housing market in the pandemic and saved buyers more than £3 billion. And as the clock now ticks towards the deadline on March 31, movers are being urged to put … Read more
Pictured: The house for sale that’s humdrum on the outside – and decorated like a palace in dazzling golden finery on the inside The abode, on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk in Russia, has an interior decorated in Baroque style It truly is the Sistine Chapel of suburban real-estate. And it could be … Read more
Photos of Phil Spector’s Los Angeles-area mansion, where he murdered actress Lana Clarkson in 2003, have surfaced in the wake of the music producer’s death. Spector died Saturday at a Stockton, California hospital, according to California state prison officials, after recently testing positive for coronavirus. Spector had been incarcerated in the wake of his 2009 … Read more