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Nathan Brooker

@ncbrooker.bsky.social
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Editor of FT Money. Always looking for story ideas and new writers.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 30/09/2026
POD me & @robarmstrong.bsky.social & @ncbrooker.bsky.social on STOCK PICKING and the FT's stock picking game, featuring -why is it so hard? -all hail the supermarket manager from Surrey -What's the point of all this anyway? -pesky kids open.spotify.com/episode/2itD...
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An ode to stock picking
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Burnham has just confirmed our scoop
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Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And if you’re wondering why the housebuilding sector needs demand side support, here’s my July 2026 column: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/10/2025
New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them on.ft.com/3Levumr | opinion
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New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them
We’re often told housing demand exceeds supply — so why are new homes struggling to be built and bought?
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Google is absolutely insisting to me that 9 people die in Hamlet and I'm not having it. R+G, fine. But King Hamlet? Do me a favour. 8.
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
In the UK we prefer the highly scientific 'bedrooms-and-vibes' model of valuing a home. Great column from @resi-analyst.bsky.social on.ft.com/4gS571f
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What’s your home worth? Why no one seems to have the faintest idea
[FREE TO READ] The UK favours the ‘bedrooms and vibes’ method of valuing homes — which is particularly bad in slow markets
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As with the Tilly Norwood scam, journalists really don’t have to play along with the AI industry’s propaganda and publicity stunts
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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"Englishness is in crisis. But it’s comforting to know that it has been for more than a thousand years," writes @ncbrooker.bsky.social in this wonderful review of the newly published A History of England in 25 Poems. www.ft.com/content/6948... via @financialtimes.com
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A History of England in 25 Poems — verses in search of a national character
Catherine Clarke’s ambitious and often surprising collection tells the country’s messy, contested story, from the Venerable Bede to Liz Truss
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Bleak, brilliant reporting from Bethan Staton in this weekend's FT Money. This year's cohort of graduates face more competition than ever— and the number of jobs available for them is in freefall. It's little wonder students feel disillusioned on.ft.com/45RFJni
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It’s been a terrible year to graduate and find a job
[FREE TO READ] Students are making more job applications than ever — and their success rate is among the lowest in at least 30 years
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Yet another reason to buy FT Money... www.ft.com/content/e4e4...
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Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
What is the point of owning a mansion in Mayfair? London’s luxury property market has bigger problems than the ‘exodus’ of wealthy non-doms My latest article for the FT: on.ft.com/4lTCOBf
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What is the point of owning a mansion in Mayfair?
London’s luxury property market has bigger problems than the ‘exodus’ of wealthy non-doms
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Josh Ryan-Collins @jryancollins.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Excellent piece from @resi-analyst.bsky.social. Housing transactions are collapsing and we desperately need property tax reform. Shifting from stamp duty & council tax to an annual property tax could increase transactions & the tax take, increase labour productivity and growth. on.ft.com/4jiWbSn
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Another highlight from FT Money this weekend: @resi-analyst.bsky.social on whether UK house price growth is a thing of the past. For many that will come as a considerable relief 🍾 - unless you were relying on price inflation for your economic wellbeing... on.ft.com/42RjkX7
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Is UK house price growth a thing of the past?
[FREE TO READ] We could be in line for a bump in prices — but property is not going to be the money spinner it once was
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Superb cover for FT Money this weekend by @samfr.bsky.social on how political tinkering has given the UK the longest, most maddening tax code in the world - on.ft.com/42XnrPT
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How the UK tax code got in such a mess
[FREE TO READ] Near-constant political tinkering means we have by far the most complex tax legislation in the world
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Cordelia Jenkins @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is the most brilliant read. Seriously. You will not regret it. Here's another free link... on.ft.com/4jTiMWd
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The haunting of West Chapple Farm
[FREE TO READ] Three gruesome killings in the 1970s and the writer who hasn’t been able to stop investigating them
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
So long-form true crime is a bit of a departure for me. But it's such a strange, sad tale - oh yeah, and it features a criminologist named Colombo; and a cameo from a former poet laureate who gets out a ouija board. (300 clicks free) on.ft.com/4lPOCVo
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The haunting of West Chapple Farm
[FREE TO READ] Three gruesome killings in the 1970s and the writer who hasn’t been able to stop investigating them
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I still can't quite fathom these numbers. One bride-to-be booked her wedding venue, then had to use one of the five 'approved' caterers. For 80 guests, for canapés and two courses (both sharing platters), one quoted her just shy of £18,000(!). No wonder people think it's a racket - on.ft.com/4lPpa2t
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The wedding racket: how tying the knot became so expensive
[FREE TO READ] Vendors are often accused of raising prices whenever they hear the word ‘wedding’ — but there’s more to it than that
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Philip Coggan @philipcoggan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Given the complexities, the likely backlash and the relatively small revenue gain, it seems unlikely that the UK will opt for a wealth tax. New piece for the FT www.ft.com/content/fc33...
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The problem with wealth taxes
Taxing the rich is a tantalising prospect for the cash-strapped UK government — but imposing a levy that is both fair and effective is fraught with difficulty
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It's your last chance to enter the FT's stock picking contest! Pick 5 stocks, go long or short, and in a year's time, the person with the best-performing portfolio is the winner! Imagine the glory! (entries close at midnight) www.ft.com/content/e9bb...
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Are you a champion stockpicker?
There’s still time to enter FT Money’s 2025 competition
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Astonishing article in today’s FT on the private parking industry. Of course, private equity is involved.
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The FT's annual stockpicking competition opens today! Enter here (markets.ft.com/data/stockpi...). This is how last year's contest went (thoughts and prayers to anyone who tried to short bitcoin) www.ft.com/content/71f4...
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FT stock picking contest: who were the big hitters of 2024?
The winners of last year’s competition revealed — plus how you can sign up for the 2025 contest
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Does your work pay you a bonus? If you have 3 mins to spare, please tell us about it. We are nosey. FT.com/bonussurvey
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 21/01/2025
👂POD TIME 👂 Me + @robarmstrong.bsky.social + Kadhim, who is not on here featuring: - me being a huge idiot - crypto 🚀🚀🚀 - etc This podcast is a mostly Trump-free zone! open.spotify.com/episode/2OVj...
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Our 2024 stock picks
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 11/01/2025
Dear old persons of high net worth, please beware predatory marriage. You all think it would never happen to you, but then we all know someone... on.ft.com/3DJJsZB
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The race to stop ‘predatory marriage’ in old age
[FREE TO READ] Cases have grown since the pandemic — with relatives complaining they have been cut out of a loved one’s will
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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 03/01/2025
EXC: The UK’s City Minister Tulip Siddiq was gifted an apartment in central London by a person with links to the party of her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. @FT story with @chriscook.news and Susannah Savage on.ft.com/4fHvXae
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Tulip Siddiq was given London flat by developer with links to ousted Bangladeshi government
[FREE TO READ] UK City minister still owns King’s Cross property she was handed in 2004
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Come for the markets insight; stay for Stuart Kirk's mesmerising jumper...
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It's pretty squatchy out there. What a charming, seductive, batshit piece of writing. Loved it.
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Nathan Brooker @ncbrooker.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Rowan Moore's new book is a very lively read -- review out in today's FT Weekend www.ft.com/content/c522...
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