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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[Everyday Cheapskate: Invest in Yourself for Terrific Returns]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["True wealth is about taking control of your future and making conscious
decisions about what you really want in life," say authors Marc
Eisenson, Gerri Detweiler and Nancy Castleman in their book "Invest In
Yourself: Six Secrets to a Rich Life."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4233707</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[Everyday Cheapskate: Calculating the True Cost]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever figured how many hours you'll have to work to pay for the
new car of your dreams or fancy restaurant meal? Perhaps you should,
suggests one of my readers who starts out today's batch of clever reader
tips:

CURB THE URGE

My husband ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4233023</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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		<title><![CDATA[Strict rent control proposal is struck down in Massachusetts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down a ballot
proposal that would have imposed the strictest statewide rent control in
the US.

The measure sought to limit apartment rent increases to 5% or the
annual gain in the Consumer Price ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4236003</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: More Money May Not Be the Answer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Affluence is not measured by your annual income. Affluence is determined
by how many of your resources you manage not to spend -- the amount of
income you keep.

The idea that you should live below your means is obvious, isn't it?
It's not like ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4232162</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The 'mass affluent' are losing their allure for wealth managers navigating AI]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wealth managers keen to stay relevant in the age of artificial
intelligence may soon find that clients with a mere $1 million in liquid
assets are no longer worth spending human hours on.

“The mass-affluent client now gets something close to
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4234765</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should you pay off your mortgage early, or invest instead?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many people, few financial goals are more satisfying than making
that final mortgage payment and owning a home free and clear.

But in an era when technological breakthroughs like AI and private
space exploration are creating new investment ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4234753</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: DIY Pest Control That Doesn't Smell Like Regret]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a particular smell that tells you summer has officially arrived.
Not fresh-cut grass. Not sunscreen. Not barbecue smoke drifting through
the neighborhood.

I'm talking about that sharp, chemical cloud that settles over patios,
garages and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4229826</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can condo board set $42K special assessment for structural repairs?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We bought our condo five years ago and budgeted carefully. Last
month, the board sent a letter saying we owe a $42,000 special
assessment for structural repairs. We are retired and on a fixed income.
Can the board really do this, and is there ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4232518</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rents continue their free fall in the Las Vegas Valley, report says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rents in the Las Vegas Valley continue to decline despite most of the
rest of the country starting to flatten out, according to a new
study.

May’s rental report from rental marketplace Zumper shows that most
all of the areas in the valley have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4232515</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Her water bill was 'insane.' So she tore out her lawn and planted a 'wabi-sabi' wonderland]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles' past. In this
series , we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water
landscaping built for the future. 

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LOS ANGELES -- Julia Lee had no need for a new garden when she and
her husband purchased...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4232042</link>
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    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: The Great Paint Rescue and Other Clever Reader-Submitted Tips]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PAINT FOR PICK-UP

Most counties have Hazardous Household Material programs and collection
sites where residents can drop off items that should not end up in
landfills. They get all types of paint, ranging from latex, oil-based,
primer, interior, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4226196</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Malls are making a comeback in Las Vegas -- and Gen Z is driving it]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American mall was once considered a dying relic of the
pre-internet era, battered by e-commerce, shifting consumer habits and
the collapse of traditional department stores.

But in Las Vegas and across the country, many malls are finding new
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4231627</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/17/2026</pubDate>
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