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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[Everyday Cheapskate: 25 Ways to Save $1,000 on Monthly Expenses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of years ago, I met Kathryn and Galen. They'd won a contest
sponsored by Woman's Day magazine. The prize? A money makeover and
financial coaching with ... me! From our first meeting, we became fast
friends. Not only were they drowning in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4239050</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[Everyday Cheapskate: Answers to Your Questions on Credit Unions, Banks and Deadbeat Parents]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CREDIT UNIONS VERSUS BANKS

Dear Mary: What is the difference between a bank and a credit union? --
Justina

Dear Justina: Great question! A bank is a for-profit financial business
run by paid board members that's primary purpose is to make ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4238339</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[Everyday Cheapskate: It's the Little Ways We Save That Add Up]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's amazing how saving a little here and a little there can add up to
big savings. Each of these great reader tips doesn't really save much on
its own. But added up over time? In a way that changes your attitude and
keeps you focused? That can ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4237465</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cheapskate: The 10-Minute 'Cool Down Your House' Reset]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There comes a point every summer evening when the house starts behaving
like it's hosting a chili cookoff.

The sun goes down. The birds settle in. The neighborhood quiets. Yet
somehow your living room still feels like it's stuck on HOT and a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/everydaycheapskate/s-4236583</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</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[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."
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<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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