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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>
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    <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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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4275040</link>
		
 
    <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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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 Tips for Getting Out of Your Rental and Into a Home]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 tips for reining in an out-of-control bill]]></title>
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4272105</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[5 things you'll love about LVP, and 2 that you might not]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: All the ways San Diego homeownership is cheaper than other US cities]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you take away the substantial purchase price of a San Diego home,
a new study claims that the rest of the cost associated with owning a
home here is less than many cities.

An index from the University of San Diego, which launched
in April, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4270038</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago high-rise powered by geothermal could set new standard for development]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Chicago’s first all-electric, geothermal-powered residential
high-rises is taking shape in Fulton Market.

The 33-story apartment project at 410 N. Elizabeth St. could set a
new standard for Chicago development, perhaps proving that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269866</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Is my plan to lower my homeowners insurance premium smart?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My homeowners insurance premium jumped again this year, and I am
trying to bring the bill down. I am thinking about lowering the coverage
amount on my house and raising my deductible to save some money. Is that
a smart way to cut the cost, or ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269745</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle's 'wary' home shoppers leave housing market in limbo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — As more for-sale signs sprouted in front yards this
summer, homes across the region sat on the market awaiting home-shoppers
willing to make a leap despite high prices and stubborn mortgage
rates.

At current demand, it would take more...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269479</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['It's not like I'm painting a tiger on my house': Hollywood's Sunset Square squabbles over its historic preservation rules]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — In 2017, Hollywood's Sunset Square was named a Historic
Preservation Overlay Zone, solidifying its place in L.A.'s
architectural history. Four years later, Lady Gaga's dogwalker was shot
in the chest outside a vacant house in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family's home lost to foreclosure sits empty in legal limbo: 'The system feels like gangsters']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — A two-story house that once sheltered a family of six sits
empty on a corner lot in Green Valley Ranch as years of legal wrangling
over homeowners association fines, metro district foreclosures and
Denver’s affordable housing ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4269456</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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