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Easier mortgage applications could boost Luxembourg’s housing market, two local firms said, touting their effort in the space. Photo: Cedric Letsch/Unsplash
ARCHITECTURE + REAL ESTATE

Nextimmo and Albalux tie-up aims to streamline mortgage simulations and applications

A property listings platform and mortgage broker partnership intends to “simplify” the home-buying process and potentially “boost the Luxembourg real estate market.”

Aaron Grunwald • 13.03.2024
After 25 years of investing, Candi Carrera is fine-tuning his strategies and sharing his secrets with 5,000 students around the world. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Candi Carrera: value investor, active retiree and happy

Thierry Labro • 29.02.2024
Rents in the grand duchy’s capital are among the highest in a European survey, but average wages still make single-bedroom flats relatively affordable, The Economist has determined. Photo: Jared Lisack/Unsplash
MONEY

Luxembourg City 4th highest in European ‘affordable rent wage’ index

Aaron Grunwald • 28.02.2024
“53% of [our] customers we surveyed last year said they simply don’t know where to start when it comes to investing,” said Rolandas Juteika, head of wealth and trading at the neobank Revolut, highlighting the motivation behind the launch of the new robo-advisor service. Photo: Revolut
FINTECH

Revolut launches automated investment service starting from €100

Kangkan Halder • 21.02.2024
For the second year in a row, Tim Harford, columnist for the Financial Times and author of “Undercover Economist”, will serve as MC for Swissquote Investment Day, which will be held 12-15 March 2024. Library picture: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Swissquote Investment Day promises to deliver investing insights

Thierry Labro • 15.02.2024
On 1 January 2024, the gross amount of pension payments increased by 1.1%, thanks to the application of the mechanism for adjusting pensions in relation to real wages. This mechanism is now under scrutiny. Photo: Shutterstock
ECONOMY

How the 2012 pension reform law could impact the system today (or in 2027)

Marc Fassone • 12.02.2024
Denise Voss is an independent director and chairwoman of the sustainable finance labelling agency Luxflag. Archive photo: Anthony Dehez
WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Getting a head start on investing: Denise Voss

Lydia Linna • 03.02.2024
The volume of personal cash transfers sent from the EU27 to non-EU countries has risen steadily in recent years, although the trendline in the grand duchy has gone against the grain, according to figures published by Eurostat. Photo credit: John McArthur/Unsplash
MARKETS

Remittances from EU hit record outflows in 2022, but not Luxembourg

Aaron Grunwald • 26.01.2024
“For too long, the passive income opportunities offered by securities lending have been out of reach for clients in Europe. Either their banks did not offer such a service, or they did not share any of the securities lending revenue with their clients.” said Jeremy Lauret, head of direct investing at Swissquote Bank Europe. Photo: Swissquote Bank Europe
BANKS

Lend your securities and earn up to 4% annual returns: Swissquote

Kangkan Halder • 25.01.2024
Luxembourg houses prices in 2023 Q3 revealed a market shift, with decreasing prices on quarterly and year on year data. Library photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
ECONOMY

Luxembourg house prices continued decline by 6.3% in Q3 2023, 13.6% on annual basis

Dina Jaber • 15.01.2024
“Rivers and birds” was one of the possible themes chosen by the governing council of the European Central Bank for future euro banknotes, the ECB announced on 30 November 2023. Pictured is the goldcrest (Regulus regulus), the smallest bird in Europe. Photo: Shutterstock
MONEY

“Rivers and birds” and “European culture” possible themes for next euro banknotes

Lydia Linna • 01.12.2023
Gilles Roth, the finance minister (CSV), pictured here during Luc Frieden’s government statement to parliament, released details of the government’s promised adjustment of income tax brackets to match indexation on 30 November 2023. Library picture: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne
POLITICS

Tax bracket changes: from €448 to €2,189 in gains for taxpayers

Marc Fassone • 30.11.2023
In Luxembourg, the gas market is totally dependent on imports, and reserves in Germany and Belgium are full. The government has introduced measures to contain soaring prices and private individuals are making efforts to reduce their consumption, without seeing the price of these efforts on their bills. Photos: Shutterstock, Montage: Maison Moderne
INSTITUTIONS

Gas: no shortage in sight... but no price cut either

Maëlle Hamma • 26.11.2023
Laura Foulds, managing director at Analie Tax & Consulting, speaking at the BCC & Amcham Personal Tax Lunch on 21 November 2023, at Hotel Parc Belair. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne
MONEY

“2024 tax changes good start, but we have to wait and see”

Dina Jaber • 23.11.2023
The variable interest rate on mortgage loans went up to 4.67% in August 2023. That’s an increase of seven basis points on a monthly basis and an increase of 331 basis points on a yearly basis, according to Luxembourg’s central bank, the BCL. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne (archives)
BANKS

Variable rate on mortgages up 7bp to reach 4.67% in August

Lydia Linna • 13.10.2023
Most (but not all) investment funds in Luxembourg need to pay a subscription tax (taxe d’abonnement) each quarter. Photo: Shutterstock
FUNDS

Jargon buster: subscription tax

Aaron Grunwald • 22.09.2023
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