Bloomberg House prices in the UK suburbs outpaced those in city centers during the pandemic as people traded shorter commutes for gardens and indoor space to work from home, figures show. In the areas surrounding major cities, property values grew an average 10.8% between March 2020 and June this year, according to mortgage lender Halifax, whose figures exclude London. For ...

Bloomberg Delta cases. Inflation. Fed tapering. China’s crackdown. These are among the reasons why investors could soon get more nervous about this stock market. The S&P 500 hit another record after Jerome Powell’s dovish taper speech reassured investors. However, the mood seems more cautious compared with a few weeks ago, when companies were in the middle of a record-setting earnings ...

Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks’ best weekly rally since January may not be enough to persuade some investors to return to a market still reeling from an unprecedented private-industry assault. JPMorgan Asset Management is waiting for clearer policy signals, while Amundi believes Beijing’s new focus on data protection means uncertainty will remain high for internet companies. Martin Currie Investment Management, which ...