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		<title><![CDATA[Young home shoppers still priced out without help, according to survey]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[40 remains the typical age, partly because of cash purchases by older
buyers.

The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck
at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get the
worst of brutally high ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No one wanted this Long Beach home until waves crashed into its living room]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy Carter's latest listing on the Long Beach peninsula has it
all: four stories, ocean views, even a private elevator. But when the
house hit the market for $4.95 million in August, it couldn't find a
buyer.

Turns out, the missing piece was a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4339331</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[L.A.'s Westside once bragged about not needing air conditioning. This year's heat changed that]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Longtime Santa Monica resident Lori Woods used to
love the one-bedroom apartment she and her husband shared. The
second-floor unit had large, west-facing French doors that let in plenty
of afternoon sunlight.

It didn't have built-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: No one has made an offer on our house in months. What should we do?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Our house has been on the market for almost three months, and we
have had showings but no offers. Our agent is telling us to lower the
price, but a friend said we should take it off the market and relist it
as new so it looks fresh. We are also...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4338264</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[United Wholesale Mortgage rebounds to third-quarter profit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Wholesale Mortgage reported net income of $212.6 million in
the third quarter of 2026, compared with net income of $12.1 million in
the same quarter last year, the Pontiac, Michigan-based company reported
Wednesday, Nov. 4.

The results are...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4337622</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Enraging': WA residents despair as insurance premiums climb again]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — Kate Neville is dreading the new year.

As a freelance grant writer, Neville has to buy her own health
insurance, and for years her premiums have been climbing.

Her Kaiser Permanente plan cost around $350 per month just three
years ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4337091</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They left the suburbs for a 1916 Craftsman with an ADU in a walkable L.A. neighborhood]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Some of the best things in life are the ones you
create together: a hand-built pergola, a
picnic table for family get-togethers, or in Lisa “Jack” Akey
and Blake Steury’s case, the 1916 Craftsman home they remodeled
together....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frantic Binance hackers created windfall for crypto traders]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For most crypto investors, the theft of $6.3 billion from Binance was
a reminder of the risks that still surround digital assets. For a small
group of fast-moving trading firms and skilled investors, it was a
chance to make a quick buck.

As ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4336099</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lionel Laurent: Binance says everything is OK. It really isn't]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The digital-asset industry has just suffered the biggest heist in its
brief history with the $6.3 billion hacking of Binance, the No. 1 crypto
platform. Yet the messaging from the top is that things are going to be
A-OK.

The company has promised ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4333915</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WA landlords can ignore tenant unions, and Tacoma wants to change that]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[TACOMA, Washington — Below the warm glow of string lights in their
century-old apartment building, Bearett Hoffmann and his neighbors
overwhelmingly voted to do something that may sound terrifying to many
renters: voluntarily stop paying their ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 weeks free rent? Lackluster San Diego rental market has deals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Average San Diego County, California, rents in the last week of
October increased more than they have in nearly three years.

They still weren’t up by much, though.

On an annual basis, San Diego County rent was up 1.2%, said real
estate tracker...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4333048</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: What are our options after appraisal came in $30,000 below contract price?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We agreed to buy a home, and the appraisal just came back
$30,000 below our contract price. Our lender says it will only lend
based on the lower number. We don’t want to lose the house, but we
also don’t want to overpay, especially as I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4333046</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WA court decision revives landlord's challenge to Seattle rental laws]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seattle landlords could soon have an easier path to challenging the
city’s tenant protection laws.

Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals ruled Monday
that a lawsuit taking aim at city rental regulations could move forward,
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4333044</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anthropic's IPO sets up defining moment for Wall Street and AI boom]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anthropic PBC’s initial public offering is laying bare the stark
extremes of the multi-trillion-dollar AI boom business model:
astonishing growth paired with uncertainty about demand and the spending
required to continue developing the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4330879</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Memory chip giants worth $2 trillion face test to prove AI isn't a bubble]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[From South Korea to Japan and China, the world’s biggest memory
chipmakers will this week seek to quell fears that AI spending is
outpacing future demand. How they handle back-to-back earnings
disclosures and investors’ questions will help ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4330877</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How a Hollywood showrunner transformed an 'ugly' stucco box into the ADU of her dreams]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Several years ago, while dropping her son off at a
friend's house in Studio City, Sam Donnelly fell in love with the
charming neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.

"I thought, 'This is magical,'" says Donnelly, an executive
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    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Treasury unveils rule to ban large investors from homebuying]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department on Thursday proposed new regulations to bar
large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, the
latest step in the process to implement the most controversial section
of the sweeping bipartisan housing law...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4328331</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can we keep deposit after buyer backed out of home sale?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We had our house under contract. and everything was on track. The
inspection period had passed, and the buyer’s loan was approved; then
he simply changed his mind because he found another house he liked
better. We took our home off the market...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4328162</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Las Vegas home sellers turn to mortgage buydowns to attract buyers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[To buydown or not to buydown? That’s become a pressing question for
Las Vegas Valley home sellers as mortgage rates remain elevated and
buyers struggle with affordability.

With 30-year mortgage rates hovering above 7 percent since September,
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4328097</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US pending home sales plunged in September to a record low]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pending sales of existing U.S. homes fell to a record low in
September as high mortgage rates continued to weigh on demand.

An index of contract signings from the National Association of
Realtors tumbled 7.3% to 66 last month, its lowest reading ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4326512</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/20/2026</pubDate>
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