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		<title><![CDATA[As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of 'zombie' towers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Downtown Seattle may be sending strong “we’re back” vibes
during its World Cup star turn. But downtown's economic engine is still
stuck on the sidelines.

Nearly 37% of the downtown Seattle office space is vacant — the
most of any major U....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4248800</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prefab housing builders seek to show their stuff in LA fire recovery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inside a factory alongside Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley, a
forklift delivered a stack of precut lumber to two waiting
carpenters.

Consulting a design on a computer screen, the workers arranged the
numbered pieces — from 14 inches to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4248676</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AI office demand seen spreading beyond NYC, San Francisco]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[AI-focused tech firms are stepping up searches for office space, and
New York and San Francisco won’t be the only cities to benefit from
their fast expansion. 

Building tours by prospective AI tenants in the U.S. jumped 85% in
the year through ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4248640</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: How can I protect against the 'most expensive scam in real estate'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am closing on a home purchase next week, and I just
received an email from my title company with instructions for wiring my
down payment. It says their bank account has changed and asks me to send
the funds right away. It looks real and uses ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4248638</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California's first ADU condo sale offers cheaper path to homeownership]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[San Jose is home to the first accessory dwelling unit sold as a
separately owned condo in California, city officials said, setting a
potential template for a more affordable path to homeownership. But a
lengthy rollout raises questions about ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4247059</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anti-Musk retail investors scramble to keep SpaceX out of their portfolios]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Bejnar has spent the last couple of months combing
through the fine print of exchange-traded funds, emailing financial
advisers and moving money into European stocks — all to keep SpaceX
out of his $1 million portfolio.

As Elon Musk...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4246283</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should cryptocurrency have a place in your retirement portfolio?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few investments have divided investors as sharply as
cryptocurrency.

To some, it’s the future of finance and a once-in-a-generation
opportunity to build wealth. To others, it’s a speculative asset that
has yet to earn a place in a long-term ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4246070</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[He dreamed of a Midcentury compound on an 'unbuildable' LA hillside. It took 12 years]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Diego Cano-Lasso had been looking for an architectural
project when he found two hillside lots with spectacular views for sale
in Mt. Washington. With work scarce in 2012, the SCI-Arc graduate
persuaded his family to invest in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4245664</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: As a buyer, do I have to pay my real estate agent 3%?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am buying my first home, and before showing me anything, my
agent had me sign an agreement to pay her 3%. The house I want is not
offering to cover my agent, and I am already stretched thin with the
down payment and closing costs. Do I really...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4243385</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Home insurer surcharges for wildfires is legal, judge rules]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by
insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County's wildfires were
ruled legal in a decision released late Tuesday.

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Tiana Murillo turned down ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4243378</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LA approves mega development that will alter downtown skyline]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A massive real estate development that would include more than 1,500
residences, dramatically transform three city blocks and alter the
downtown Los Angeles skyline was approved Tuesday by the City
Council.

The planned Fourth & Central complex ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4242648</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SpaceX IPO sparks race for luxury housing in Southern California]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- With SpaceX’s
historic initial public offering minting a small army of new
millionaires overnight, the Southern California housing market is
bracing for a big wave of buyers looking to upgrade their digs or
perhaps snag a second ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4241038</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NYC rent freeze passes in huge win for Mamdani]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NYC Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent freeze for the city’s
one million rent
stabilized units on Thursday — in a major win for Mayor
Mamdani.

The freeze marks the first complete fulfillment of one of Mamdani’s
core
campaign promises...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4238084</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Surfside changed everything': 5 years later, Miami condo market hasn't recovered]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, Florida’s millions of condo dwellers awoke to a new
reality.

The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside had collapsed in the
pre-dawn hours of June 24, 2021 — a generational tragedy that claimed
98 lives and forced anyone...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4238000</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NYC Rent Guidelines Board member abruptly resigns, alleging impropriety linked to Mamdani freeze]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A member of the NYC Rent
Guidelines Board resigned hours before the board was scheduled to
vote on Mayor Mamdani’s promise of a rent
freeze for stabilized tenants, saying the panel’s work had become
corrupted as it pursued a preordained ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4237821</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Should I let landscaper use my yard to access neighbor's property?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: For years, I have let my neighbor’s landscaper cut through my
unfenced yard to reach a strip behind his house, between his fence and
the canal. There is no other way in because his fence blocks his side,
and the neighbors on the far side are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4237780</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[35% of Airbnb and VRBO rentals in Philadelphia don't have the right licensing, new report finds]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than a third of short-term rental properties like Airbnb and
VRBO in Philadelphia have licensing issues, according to a new report from the City Controller’s office
released Tuesday.

The controller found that of 3,734 analyzed licenses ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4237158</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Musk's SpaceX adds billions in debt while cutting interest costs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk is no stranger to financial alchemy. His latest feat:
adding billions of dollars of debt onto his cash-burning business empire
while simultaneously cutting its annual interest burden.

SpaceX sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds on...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4236255</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why tech stocks are getting hammered]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech stocks took another big hit Tuesday as investors sold off shares
of companies that have powered the artificial intelligence boom.

Technology companies have been spending billions of dollars investing
in data centers and infrastructure needed...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4236235</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SpaceX stock returns to Earth after record IPO]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX halted their three-day
slide that had erased roughly $600 billion off its market value.

SpaceX shares closed at $156.11 with a nearly 1% gain on Tuesday,  a
slight recovery from a 16% fall on Monday.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4236231</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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