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		<title><![CDATA[US housing affordability gauge worsens for first time since 2023]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A key measure of U.S. housing affordability worsened for the first
time in almost three years, as higher borrowing costs soaked up a bigger
chunk of earnings for new homebuyers. 

Monthly payments on a median-priced $410,700 home accounted for 34%...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Should I consider getting a reverse mortgage?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am 71 and retired. My house is paid off, but money is tight
every month, and I keep seeing ads for reverse mortgages. My son says
they are a scam, and that the bank will end up owning my home. Is that
true, or is this something I should ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle area doesn't have 'enough family-sized units to go around']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Seattle renter’s search is always a struggle — some alchemy of
budget constraints, need for space and tolerance for the grueling
process of scouring listings. For families with children, that search
can be even harder.

Fewer than half of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to save $2,000 a month in Los Angeles: Rent]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some Los Angeles-area renters may feel a secret shame of not owning
their homes, but maybe they should be bragging. Right now, renting is a
much better deal.

People in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area
looking to get into a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4279751</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rents dropping across Las Vegas Valley, report says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rents are dropping across the Las Vegas Valley, according to a new
report from Zumper.

One-bedroom apartment rents dropped 18.8% in July year over year, the
biggest drop in the valley, in Winchester, which includes the north end
of the Strip and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4278694</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CD ladder: What it is and how to build one]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A CD ladder spreads your savings across multiple certificates of
deposit (CDs) with staggered maturity dates, so you capture the higher
rates of longer-term CDs while still getting access to part of your
money every six to 12 months. It’s a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4277790</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[College is still worth it, parents say. They just want more options]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For parents looking at the rising cost of college, there’s a
reality that keeps some of them up at night: 71% expect to take on debt
to help their children pay for higher education.

Nearly half — 46% — expect to use education loans. Another...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4277783</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With gas prices back on the rise, some Chicagoans are reconsidering how they get around]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Forty hours a week used to be enough for Christopher
Dever, 42, to make a living as a Lyft driver. But as the cost of a full
tank of gas crept up from $60 to $80, he found himself living in what he
calls “a cycle of scarcity,” ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4277755</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['How can you not build an Asian mall?' He saw the Bay Area shift and launched a trend]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps no one has done more to bring Asian shopping centers to
communities across the Bay Area than John Luk.

Luk launched his career in commercial real estate years after
arriving in the South Bay from Hong Kong for a career in nursing. But
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4277315</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Luxury homes prices have increased 60% in Las Vegas since 2019, report says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The median price for a luxury home in Las Vegas has increased almost
60 percent since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new
report.

According to May statistics from Realtor.com, the median price for a luxury
home in the Las Vegas ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Should I add my daughter's name to deed of my house to avoid probate costs?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am a widow in my 70s, and I want to make things easier for my
daughter after I am gone. A friend told me I can simply add her name to
the deed of my house so it passes to her without probate. It sounds
simple and inexpensive. Is there any ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4275044</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle City Council bans 'junk' rental fees]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Seattle City Council voted to ban most types of rental fees this
week — a move welcomed by tenants' advocates, who argue that tacked-on
charges make housing more expensive and obscure its true costs to
renters.

The bill requires landlords ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4275042</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle's 'shaky tech market' hits home sales]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing markets across the country slowed this year as Americans
struggle with high costs and worry about the economy, but Seattle’s
market stands out as particularly muted.

Pending home sales took a steeper dive in the Seattle area in July
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    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Anaheim, California outpaced Silicon Valley in income growth]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the economic angst and billionaire exodus, California has
been recording some of the highest income growth in the country.

Surprisingly, a recent survey of metropolitan areas showed that
Silicon Valley didn't lead the state, but Anaheim, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4274417</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Home insurance rates in Nevada have shot up 22% since 2023, report says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Home insurance rates in Nevada have risen close to a quarter since
2023 up until the end of last year, according to a new report.

Data from Insurify, an online insurance comparison platform, showed
that the average price for home insurance in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4274414</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC exempts data-center bonds from key securitization rules]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission has made it easier for data
center owners to sell asset-backed securities, potentially opening the
door for more debt sales as tech firms scour Wall Street for ways to pay
for artificial intelligence. 

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272685</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Millions sign up for Trump Accounts, but are they wise investment?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karla Perez and her husband are supporters of President Donald Trump,
so when they learned this summer about new investment accounts his
administration designed for children, they quickly signed up their
one-year-old son.

“What we hope is that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272676</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A house, a car, a little breathing room: Why middle-class life feels increasingly out of reach]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a good time to be a middle-class American. And yet it’s
never felt worse.

By many traditional measures, the economy is strong. Unemployment
remains near historic lows, and middle-income Americans are making more
than they were 50 years ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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