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		<title><![CDATA[Searching for an affordable house in SoCal, she fell for a scam sweeping social media]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pam Yeager thought she had found her perfect next rental in a cute
bungalow near downtown Fullerton, California.

It seemed like a no-brainer: It was priced slightly below the
region's average for a two-bedroom home, would allow her to live closer...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jul/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge tosses lawsuit alleging Zillow deceived home shoppers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has thrown out the central claims in a lawsuit
alleging that Zillow illegally deceived home shoppers into working with
certain real estate agents.

The case, filed in September, said that prominent buttons on
Zillow’s website ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4265087</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can I take over seller's mortgage loan with low interest rate?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: The house I want to buy has a mortgage at a 3 percent interest
rate, and my agent says the loan might be “assumable.” Rates today
are more than double that. Can I really just take over the seller’s
loan and keep that low rate instead of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4264857</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage rates in US rise to 6.66%, highest level in a year]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage rates rose to a 12-month high as Treasury yields
climbed in recent weeks and continued fighting in Iran fueled concern
about higher inflation.

The average for a 30-year, fixed loan increased to 6.66% from 6.58% a
week earlier, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4264853</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fewer Californians are moving to Nevada, DMV data shows]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fewer out-of-state residents, especially Californians, moved to
Nevada last year, according to Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
driver’s license surrender data obtained by the Las Vegas
Review-Journal.

The DMV collected approximately 82,072 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4264851</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Victorian parlor meets Candyland: Inside the maximalist apartment of a Los Angeles stylist]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["More is more and less is a bore." ― Iris Apfel


LOS ANGELES -- After spending decades collecting clean-lined Midcentury
Modern furniture and accessories, stylist Wendi Weger felt it was
time to give her Silver Lake apartment a playful update.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4264414</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A property manager used rent price-setting algorithms that were banned in Philly last year, lawsuit says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A West Philadelphia renter has filed a class-action
lawsuit against his property manager and a national company that sells
property management software, alleging that his landlord used
price-setting algorithms that Philadelphia has banned.

Since ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4263251</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nvidia's $750 billion deals revive fear of AI circular financing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nvidia Corp. is working on a fresh round of AI deals worth more than
$750 billion, accelerating investments that skeptics have warned are
artificially inflating demand and valuations across the industry.

A partnership with South Korean ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4262580</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Could Las Vegas become the Wall Street of the West?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Winans has a bold idea: turn Las Vegas into the Wall Street of
the West.

The president and chief investment officer for Winans Investments, a
local investment management firm, said the valley could actually be the
perfect place given its ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4262505</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Here's what $1,500 in rent can get you in Philly, Miami, Boston, and other cities across the country]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apartment renters with $1,500 a month to spend can get the equivalent
of one or two bedrooms in Pittsburgh, a studio in Philadelphia, or a
dorm room in Manhattan.

That’s according to an analysis by RentCafe, a national apartment search
website,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4262459</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Half Moon Bay voters to decide fate of farmworker housing as state pressure mounts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voters in Half Moon Bay, California, will decide in November whether
to allow a 40-unit affordable housing development for older farmworkers
to move forward, extending a years-long fight that has drawn threats
from Gov. Gavin Newsom and could ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4262457</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nvidia's $750 billion deals revive fear of AI circular financing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nvidia Corp. is working on a fresh round of AI infrastructure deals
potentially worth more than $750 billion, accelerating a streak of
investments that skeptics warn is artificially inflating demand and
valuations across the industry.

An ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4262312</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meet the Minnesota man winning your prediction market wagers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caleb Davies holds a rare title in the prediction market world:
Millionaire winner.

The middle-aged suburban dad relies on a skilled background in
finance and tech, plus computer forecasting tools he personally
developed, to put real stakes on ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4260025</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They got their LA rentals ready for the World Cup. Did it pay off? For some, absolutely]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The 2026 FIFA World Cup has wrapped, but some
Angelenos who rented their homes to fans are still tallying up profits
from a month of soccer frenzy in the city.

Driven by projections of massive tourism and a $750 first-time host ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4259615</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Should I buy renters' insurance?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My landlord is asking me to buy renters’ insurance before I move
into my apartment. I do not own the place, so I do not understand why I
would need it. Is this really something I should pay for, or is my
landlord just covering himself? — ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4259569</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[He bought a desert bunker -- and wants to make it an EV lounge]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BAKER, California — The walls are covered in graffiti, some glass
is shattered, and most of the copper is gone.

But some 20 to 30 feet below ground in this Cold War-era bunker in
the middle of the California desert, Jonathan Shinn envisions a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4259122</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mobile homes, an overlooked refuge of affordability, are disappearing in LA Residents fight to stay]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The small patch of dirt encircling Carmen Silverio Guardado's home
bears fruit — lots of it. There are pomegranates, guavas, dragon fruit
and nectarines. She also grows oregano and lemongrass,  which she brews
into a tea to soothe stomach issues...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4259120</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forget Halloween: Giant skeletons are staying up year-round across LA]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The undead are invading L.A.

They wear Santa hats and sunglasses, American flags and pool
floaties. Some stand erect, towering over houses and neighborhoods.
Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments. A
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    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graffiti towers set to be cleared for cleanup and sale]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The sale of notorious Oceanwide Plaza in downtown Los Angeles is
expected to be approved by a bankruptcy court judge, clearing the path
for removal of graffiti that has loomed over the city skyline for years
and completion of the long-stalled real...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4257927</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Lansner: California foreclosures at 7-year high. Time to worry?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time California foreclosures were this high was
pre-pandemic, in 2019.

However, if you see this as a signal that hordes of California
homeowners are going to lose their homes to foreclosure, just like the
last real estate crash, you may ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4257873</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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