Mjb News Cover For London Houses Now Take A Week Longer To Sell โ€” And It’s Not The Iran War, It’s Stamp Duty, London Stamp

London Houses Now Take a Week Longer to Sell โ€” And Itโ€™s Not the Iran War, Itโ€™s Stamp Duty

You'd assume the Iran war is the thing breaking London property.

▶ NEWS·5 min read·29 Apr 2026

UK Numbers Right Now

Reviewed 1 May 2026 · FTSE live hourly
BoE Base RateHeld at MPC's last meeting4.25%
UK Inflation (CPI)12-month to March 20263.3%
2Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts5.18%
5Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts4.84%
GBP/USDLive ยท 15-min delay1.3528
FTSE 100Live ยท hourly snapshot10,379
Next Tax Year Starts6 April 2027 · 2027/28 allowances resetin 340 days
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Mjb News Cover For Volkswagen Profits Plunge 28% As Cost Cuts Fail To Stem Damage โ€” Volkswagen Share Price

Volkswagen Profits Plunge 28% as Cost Cuts Fail to Stem Damage

The world's second-biggest carmaker just told investors it might not have a future.

▶ BUSINESS·4 min read·1 May 2026
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Mjb News Cover For Brent Oil Hits $126 As Trump Eyes Fresh Iran Strikes โ€” Brent Oil Price

Brent Oil Hits $126 as Trump Eyes Fresh Iran Strikes

$126 a barrel. 7.1% in a single morning. The International Energy Agency has just called this the biggest oil supply shock in history.

▶ MARKETS·4 min read·30 Apr 2026
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FTSE 100 · UK
10,379▲ +1.2% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
FTSE 250 · UK Mid-Cap
26,180▲ +0.8% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
S&P 500 · US
7,165▲ +1.8% WoW
NYSE / S&P Global close
Nasdaq 100 · US Tech
19,380▲ +2.4% WoW
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21,492▲ +0.6% WoW
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Glossary · Term of the Day· 1 May 2026

Capital Gains Allowance

noun · UK Tax

The yearly amount of profit you can make from selling investments — shares, second homes, crypto — before capital gains tax kicks in. £3,000 for 2026/27, down from £12,300 in 2022. The biggest stealth tax of the decade.

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Mjb News Cover For Adam Back: Wall Street’s Bitcoin Wave Lags 18 Months โ€” Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Chart

Adam Back: Wall Streetโ€™s Bitcoin Wave Lags 18 Months

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) joining the US spot Bitcoin ETF party this month had crypto Twitter calling the bottom.

▶ CRYPTO·4 min read·29 Apr 2026
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£284.50 ▲ +12.4%
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ETH · Smart Contract Platform
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3 Warren Buffett Lessons Every Investor Over 40 Should Steal

If you think 40 is too late to start building serious wealth in the market, consider this: Warren Buffett made his Apple investment in 2016 when he was 85. That single bet...

▶ INVESTING·3 min read·23 Apr 2026
12 months · 6 asset classes · One £10,000 bet

Where £10,000 Went Last Year

Total return · GBP · 30 Apr 25 → 30 Apr 26
#1 Top Bitcoin · GBP
£18,920
▲ +89.2% CoinGecko · BTC/GBP
US S&P 500
£12,840
▲ +28.4% SPY · GBP-hedged
Gold (Spot)
£11,840
▲ +18.4% LBMA · per troy ounce
UK FTSE All-Share
£11,210
▲ +12.1% London Stock Exchange
Cash · BoE Base
£10,425
— +4.25% Avg easy-access savings
#6 Trailed UK 10-Year Gilts
£10,180
— +1.8% DMO · 10-yr gilt total return
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3 Semiconductor Stocks With More Questions Than Answers

The semiconductor stocks party has been absolutely ripping. The sectorโ€™s up 52.3% over the past six months โ€” dwarfing the S&P 500โ€™s modest 5.1% gain. AI-fuelled demand for bigger, faster chips is...

▶ STOCKS·3 min read·18 Apr 2026
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Energy +4.2% Week on week Leader · Shell (£28.42)
Defence +3.6% Week on week Leader · BAE Systems (£18.04)
Tech & Telecoms +1.8% Week on week Leader · ARM Holdings (£124.80)
Consumer Staples +0.4% Week on week Leader · Diageo (£22.16)
Banks -1.2% Week on week Leader · HSBC (£8.92)
Mining & Materials -2.4% Week on week Leader · Glencore (£3.84)
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HMRC Tax Rebate: ยฃ144m Sitting Uncashed as Digital Shift Stalls

Nearly ยฃ144 million in tax rebates are sitting in people's back pocketsโ€”literally. Last year, HMRC issued over 1.7 million HMRC tax rebate cheques, and almost 178,000 of them never made it to...

▶ PERSONAL FINANCE·3 min read·16 Apr 2026
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Your Money, Today

Tax year 2026/27 · Updated 1 May 2026

Drop in your annual gross salary and we’ll show you exactly where you stand under the 2026/27 rules — take-home, effective rate, and how you compare to the UK median.

England & NI rates · Pre-pension contribution · Class 1 NI · No student loan · For Scotland or salary sacrifice use the full calc.

Based on a gross salary of £55,000
Net take-home
£42,457
£3,538 per month
Effective Tax + NI
22.8%
£12,543 to HMRC
vs UK Median
+47%
Above the £37,430 median
Interpretive · What the numbers really mean

£100 in January 2020 now buys you

£79.40 — today
Jan 2020 · £100 Apr 2026 · £79.40

That’s a 20.6% loss to inflation since the last pandemic-era reset — the steepest 6-year compounding the UK has seen since the early 1990s.

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UK Inflation (CPI)3.30%โ–ฒ Rising
2Y Fixed Mortgage4.62%โ–ผ Easing
5Y Fixed Mortgage4.48%โ–ผ Easing
GBP / USD1.35โ€” Steady
FTSE 10010,320โ–ผ -0.56% today
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SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ528.15 ▲ +1.00%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ490.73 ▲ +0.93%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ530.66 ▲ +1.00%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ485.47 ▲ +0.97%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ260.29 ▲ +1.13%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ61.04 ▲ +2.25%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ54.02 ▲ +0.15%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ50.56 ▲ +2.56%·VWO ยฃ43.31 ▲ +1.46%·GLD ยฃ311.35 ▲ +1.50%·AGG ยฃ72.83 ▲ +0.14%·EFA ยฃ75.20 ▲ +2.39%·IWM ยฃ204.28 ▲ +2.16%·TLT ยฃ62.92 ▼ -0.09%·VIG ยฃ168.08 ▲ +1.37%·SCHD ยฃ23.57 ▲ +1.97%·XLF ยฃ38.31 ▲ +0.40%·XLE ยฃ43.84 ▲ +1.05%SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ528.15 ▲ +1.00%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ490.73 ▲ +0.93%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ530.66 ▲ +1.00%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ485.47 ▲ +0.97%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ260.29 ▲ +1.13%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ61.04 ▲ +2.25%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ54.02 ▲ +0.15%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ50.56 ▲ +2.56%·VWO ยฃ43.31 ▲ +1.46%·GLD ยฃ311.35 ▲ +1.50%·AGG ยฃ72.83 ▲ +0.14%·EFA ยฃ75.20 ▲ +2.39%·IWM ยฃ204.28 ▲ +2.16%·TLT ยฃ62.92 ▼ -0.09%·VIG ยฃ168.08 ▲ +1.37%·SCHD ยฃ23.57 ▲ +1.97%·XLF ยฃ38.31 ▲ +0.40%·XLE ยฃ43.84 ▲ +1.05%
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Apple ยฃ199.42 ▲ +0.44%·Microsoft ยฃ299.68 ▼ -3.93%·Nvidia ยฃ146.67 ▼ -4.63%·Tesla ยฃ280.47 ▲ +2.37%·Amazon ยฃ194.80 ▲ +0.77%·Meta ยฃ449.70 ▼ -8.55%·Alphabet ยฃ282.80 ▲ +9.96%·JPMorgan ยฃ230.20 ▲ +1.29%·Visa ยฃ242.40 ▼ -1.50%·Mastercard ยฃ369.60 ▼ -4.25%·J&J ยฃ168.92 ▲ +1.10%·UnitedHealth ยฃ272.27 ▼ -0.07%·P&G ยฃ108.10 ▲ +0.43%·Home Depot ยฃ241.64 ▲ +1.86%·Coca-Cola ยฃ57.88 ▼ -0.14%·PepsiCo ยฃ116.48 ▲ +2.06%·Disney ยฃ76.25 ▲ +2.42%·Netflix ยฃ68.80 ▲ +1.62%Apple ยฃ199.42 ▲ +0.44%·Microsoft ยฃ299.68 ▼ -3.93%·Nvidia ยฃ146.67 ▼ -4.63%·Tesla ยฃ280.47 ▲ +2.37%·Amazon ยฃ194.80 ▲ +0.77%·Meta ยฃ449.70 ▼ -8.55%·Alphabet ยฃ282.80 ▲ +9.96%·JPMorgan ยฃ230.20 ▲ +1.29%·Visa ยฃ242.40 ▼ -1.50%·Mastercard ยฃ369.60 ▼ -4.25%·J&J ยฃ168.92 ▲ +1.10%·UnitedHealth ยฃ272.27 ▼ -0.07%·P&G ยฃ108.10 ▲ +0.43%·Home Depot ยฃ241.64 ▲ +1.86%·Coca-Cola ยฃ57.88 ▼ -0.14%·PepsiCo ยฃ116.48 ▲ +2.06%·Disney ยฃ76.25 ▲ +2.42%·Netflix ยฃ68.80 ▲ +1.62%
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Autumn Budget26 Nov 2026in 6 months
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Spring Statement26 Mar 2027in 10 months
Tax Year End5 Apr 2027in 11 months
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