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		<title><![CDATA[Downtown LA's cratering real estate market is changing -- rich renters are buying their buildings]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — As the office market bottoms out after a long fall,
renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings.

Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners,
especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4060110</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Culver City is the hottest spot for businesses expanding in LA]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Culver City, a once-quiet corner of L.A. County people
would pass through on their way somewhere else, has emerged as a
destination of choice for some of the world’s best-known
companies.

Apple, Amazon, TikTok, and Sony are just ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: 'Eat real food' is great advice, but it's only part of the equation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Eat real food.” That new message, a key pillar of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, isn’t controversial. Nutritionists, scientists,
politicians and lunchbox-packing parents all generally agree that’s a
solid goal.

You’ve ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4059517</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: How can we stop neighbor's dogs from running wild?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Our neighbor two doors down lets their dogs run wild. They
have a fence, but they never keep the gate closed, and their three dogs
are always all over the neighborhood doing their business on various
lawns and bothering people. Is there ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4059106</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage rate forecast: April 2026]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage
rates ended March near their highest levels since mid-2025. In an
ominous sign for the spring homebuying season, it’s possible that
they’ll keep rising, mortgage experts say.

Blame the war in Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4059101</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['You're a liar.'  Why the world's biggest building boom has run into a wall in California]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY PARK, California — Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as
he approached the podium in Monterey Park's City Hall. Things weren't
going as planned.

In front of a wall of people holding "No Data Center"
placards, he outlined how his ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4059099</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Influencer or agent? In today's market, Realtors have to be both to score clients]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA —
Before Caroline Podraza and her husband, Evan Roth, could find the right
house, they had to find the right agent. There were, of course, agents
attached to the listings they had saved, plus referrals from friends and
suggestions ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4058503</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nevada's HOA dispute resolution process could get makeover]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nevada’s HOA dispute resolution process is being looked at right
now for “potential improvements” by the Nevada Real Estate Division,
a spokesperson said.

Homeowners who have a dispute with an HOA must currently go through
the state’s ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4058494</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sorry your house burned down. Here's a $23,000 HOA bill -- due next month]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — All things considered, La Vina’s fire recovery is
going fairly well.

The luxury community on the northwest tip of Altadena lost 52 of its
272 homes in the Eaton fire last year, but more than 70% are currently
being rebuilt, and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4055367</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[5 ways to use your brokerage like a savings account]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The line between brokerage accounts and savings accounts is blurring
as financial companies compete for your deposits. You don’t have to
move money between different institutions to get competitive returns on
your cash. Your brokerage account ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4055362</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Warning: If someone says the government wants you to buy gold, it's a scam]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — Do not trust anybody who says your money is not safe in
the bank and it needs to be converted to cash or gold bars and moved to
another location.

These instructions might seem simple to heed, but San Diego County
crime victims are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4055360</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Acorns giving away thousands in cash from a Chicago vending machine during three-day investment promotion]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – As banking giveaways go, fintech company Acorns is
offering Chicagoans something a little more valuable than the
traditional pens and calendars.

Acorns is handing out cold, hard cash.

On Thursday, Acorns debuted its compounding ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4053324</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mark Gongloff: The home insurance crisis could use a public assist]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a moment when America’s home insurance crisis has become bad
enough to turn conservatives into socialists, a possible solution may
just involve — you guessed it — big government. And contra Ronald
Reagan, in this case there’s reason to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4051626</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Developers want rollback of Seattle affordability program as construction stalls]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — A push to temporarily roll back Seattle’s defining
housing policy of the late 2010s is gaining traction in City Hall as
both developers and lawmakers look to plummeting permit applications
with growing fear and search for ways to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4051499</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Many Twin Cities offices are sitting empty. Rents are rising anyway]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — The Twin Cities office market is a paradox: There’s
a glut of empty space but rents keep rising.

“It’s opposite of what you’d think,” said Tom DeSautel, a
commercial broker with Cushman & Wakefield. “No one is in the
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4051495</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HUD launches investigation into WA's Covenant Homeownership Program]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — In the Trump administration’s latest attack on
Washington’s housing programs, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development has launched an investigation into Washington's Covenant
Homeownership Program.

HUD claims the down ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4051164</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One Beverly Hills developer raises $4.3 billion to finish the massive luxury project]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The developers of One Beverly Hills have secured $4.3
billion in financing to complete the project, another milestone for one
of the largest real estate projects underway in the country.

Work on the high-end residential and hotel ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4049958</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Allison Schrager: Why are young people taking so many unwise financial risks?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are at least two conflicting narratives about Gen Z and young
millennials. One is that they are extremely risk averse — afraid even
to go out of the house, much less on a date. Another is that they are
extremely risk inclined — always ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4049010</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The 'attorney model' loophole: How debt relief companies scam people seeking help]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debt settlement companies technically aren’t allowed to charge fees
until after lowering a consumer’s debt. But a loophole in the
Telemarketing Sales Rule — and a mish-mash of federal and state laws
— allows predatory firms the opportunity...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4048397</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/23/2026</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Mar/23/2026</pubDate>
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