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		<title><![CDATA[Miami votes to track vacation rentals following 'Animal House' condo fallout]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miami commissioners voted Thursday to get a grasp on short-term
vacation rentals operating throughout the city, with the goal of
stricter regulation and a shutdown of illegal units causing chaos in
residential neighborhoods.

District 2 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4295478</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can landlord keep most of security deposit for 'repainting and cleaning'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We moved out of our rental after three years, left the place clean
and gave the landlord our new address. Almost a month later, he mailed
us a fraction of our deposit, with the rest deducted for “repainting
and cleaning.” The paint showed ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4295303</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 3 million people opened accounts at TreasuryDirect.gov to buy
Series I U.S. savings bonds when the rates — based on inflation —
made headlines in 2022. Millions more savers have created TreasuryDirect
accounts to purchase Treasury bills...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4294577</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Residents, elected leaders protest proposal to move the White Sox]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Hundreds of residents from Bridgeport, Chinatown and
Armour Square gathered at Rate Field Tuesday morning to protest plans by
Amtrak and billionaire Justin Ishbia to establish a giant railroad
maintenance facility nearby and possibly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4293875</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A billionaire was accused of stealing Malibu sand. Now he's donating a new beach to the public]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beachgoers may be the big winners in a high-profile
dispute between the California Coastal Commission and Mark
Attanasio, the billionaire businessman who owns the Milwaukee Brewers
baseball team.

In 2024, Attanasio's construction team was accused...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4291641</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coinbase files with SEC to bring leveraged stock bets to US]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coinbase Global Inc. is taking the first regulatory step toward
letting U.S. investors make leveraged, round-the-clock bets on stocks
without owning them, seeking to bring one of crypto’s most popular
forms of trading onshore.

The push is part ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290923</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Think your HOA is strict? Meet the rules of Indian Creek's Billionaire Bunker]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Indian Creek Village, money can buy you a $100 million mansion, a
sprawling waterfront compound and a front-row seat to one of the most
exclusive enclaves in South Florida.

But you still have to follow the rules created when the village first
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290795</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can my mortgage company hold money from insurance check for home repair?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: A storm damaged our roof, and we filed a claim. The insurance
company finally sent the check, but it is made out to our mortgage
company and us, and now the mortgage company says it will hold the money
and release it as the work gets done. We ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290653</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is this the worst time to buy a house in California? Why timing really is everything]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Home seekers around Southern California were feeling profound sticker
shock.

Median prices had hit records never seen before.

First-time buyers were desperately slapping down-payments on modest
ranch homes in far-flung desert communities, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290248</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Developers buy 900-plus acres for Las Vegas' biggest new community in years]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The developers of Las Vegas’ biggest new community in years have
closed their purchase of the site, giving them 900-plus acres with plans
for thousands of homes.

Olympia Companies and Bruin Capital Partners teamed up to acquire
roughly 940 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290245</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WA tenants dread rental fees. Could an end be in sight?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Aleks Posielski received a lease renewal offer from his landlord
in May, he was taken aback by an unexpected charge.

Posielski would have to pay an $85 “lease renewal fee,” if he
committed within 10 days, even though his lease wasn’t ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290243</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One of the world's longest housing booms is cracking in Sydney]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past three decades, buying a home in Sydney has been the
surest bet in Australia. Rising prices have enriched families and made
property the engine of household wealth. Now the boom is under threat,
and the consequences are rippling across...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4290148</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WA real estate service settles with Compass in transparency fight]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fierce fight over transparency in the local real estate industry
appears to have reached a truce.

The primary repository for home listings across Western Washington,
the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, has settled with the brokerage
Compass...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4288470</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: How much income is considered middle-class in the Bay Area?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study looks at how
much annual household income it takes to be considered middle-class
in the most expensive cities in the U.S. Not surprisingly, Bay Area
cities took up eight spots in the list of the 10 most expensive cities
with a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4288321</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Homeowners in Black neighborhoods are paying more for insurance. Pittsburgh offers a troubling example]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lyft driver Elwin Green knew exactly what he was paying to insure his
home in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood.

What he didn’t know was that his homeowners insurance bill was more
than twice what the average homeowner in some of Allegheny ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4288218</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies
to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of
inspections, reviews and approvals.

Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to
address one of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4286504</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starter home prices have more than doubled in Las Vegas in 10 years, report says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starter home prices in the Las Vegas Valley have more than doubled in
the past decade, according to a new report from Zillow.

The latest numbers from the online real estate
marketplace paint a bleak picture for potential first-time homebuyers,
as...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Under 'as-is' contract, is buyer responsible for water damage seller hid?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We bought our first house two months ago and signed an “as-is”
contract. After the first heavy rain, water poured in around a bedroom
window. When we pulled up the new laminate, we found the subfloor was
already rotted and had been painted ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4285328</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California bill targets abandoned funds. When can state seize your forgotten stocks?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, California — Proposed legislation to streamline
California's ability to seize abandoned stocks and mutual funds is
drawing opposition from business groups and dividing Democratic
lawmakers.

State Controller Malia Cohen sponsored ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4283120</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Want a lower credit card interest rate? Just ask]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a credit card, you have a relationship with your card
issuer. Your card issuer values that relationship and wants to keep it.
There are many types of offers your issuer can make to ensure you stay
(and don’t default on your debt), ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4283022</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/24/2026</pubDate>
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