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		<title><![CDATA[The era of cheap money is over. What higher rates mean for you]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when you could get a mortgage for 2.5%?

Those days seem almost as distant as dial-up internet and $1 gallons
of gasoline.

Americans are living in an economy where everything is expensive —
and the latest quarter-point interest rate ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4307833</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The complete guide to balance transfers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Credit cards are powerful financial tools that offer an opportunity
to build your credit score. It’s no secret, though, that they can also
pave the path to a mountain of debt. Forty-seven percent of cardholders
carry a credit card balance from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4307757</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: How do we fix title company's issue with solar panels on home we're selling?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We are selling our home and thought we were days away from
closing. Then the title company found a “UCC” filing for the solar
panels we leased a few years ago, and now the buyer’s lender is
refusing to move forward until it is cleared up....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4305304</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your 3% mortgage rate is crippling the housing market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. housing market has been stuck in neutral for nearly four
years, with sales of new and existing homes plodding along at a
historically slow pace. One explanation is that the average rate on a
30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. passed ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4305290</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Buffett steps down as Berkshire chair, ending six-decade run]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Inc. founder Warren Buffett is stepping down as
the company’s chairman to be replaced by his son Howard, effectively
ending roughly six decades at the helm of the conglomerate. 

The billionaire will become chairman emeritus ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4301162</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: How do I get my money out of house I co-own with my ex?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My ex and I bought a house together two years ago when we were
still a couple. We are both on the deed and on the mortgage. Now we have
split up and moved out, and she refuses to either sell the house or buy
me out. I am still paying half the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4300357</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seattle revisits plan to spur housing construction by slashing fees]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to spur apartment construction, Seattle City Council members
will soon consider a plan to slash fees developers of new housing
pay.

The proposal from Councilmember Dionne Foster, slated for an initial
hearing Friday, would temporarily ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4299989</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Charmira and Quincy Pilgrim wanted to become
homeowners a decade ago when they got married.

But over the years, job losses, jobs that didn’t pay enough,
children, unpaid maternity leave, and rising costs of living
made saving ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4299985</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Groceries, gas, rent. Why it's so expensive to live in Los Angeles]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheryl Palumbo was out shopping for herself and her husband last week
to pick up some items she had forgotten the day before at the
supermarket — and couldn’t quite believe her bill.

The 78-year-old retiree had already spent $150 and here she...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4299983</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terry Savage: Why the national debt should concern us]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. national debt now exceeds $40 trillion — a MEGO number,
which stands for "my eyes glaze over." Why should you care? No
one else seems worried. Not Congress, for sure. They just keep spending
and borrowing more.

There’s always been ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4299635</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Crypto stocks and tokens drop after Senate blocks landmark bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senators from both parties blocked a landmark digital asset market
structure bill in a procedural vote Tuesday, sending cryptocurrency
stocks tumbling after a major setback for industry. 

The long-stalled legislation sought by crypto firms would ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4298966</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California governor signs mortgage relief bills for wildfire victims]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislation that will extend mortgage relief to victims of the
January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires and establish a similar
permanent program for disaster victims statewide was signed into law
Tuesday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4298845</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S&P 500 seen dropping 10% on Fed hikes, MRA strategist says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Potential Federal Reserve rate hikes starting this week could spur a
correction in the S&P 500 as reduced corporate margins hurt profit
outlooks and markets brace for a tightening cycle, according to Macro
Risk Advisors LLC.

The S&P 500 has ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4298212</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US 10-year breaches 5% as inflation, supply worries mount]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield surpassed 5% for the first time since
2023 on Monday, as mounting inflation angst collided with swelling
government and corporate borrowing needs.

The yield, a benchmark for U.S. mortgage loans and bonds globally,
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4298207</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Small banks at forefront of battle against crypto bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A push by the cryptocurrency industry to pass a monumental piece of
federal legislation has run into a small, but loud, foe: an army of
rural community banks.

Randy Dorn, who leads My Kind of Bank in the small northwest
Minnesota town of Battle ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4298037</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles renters dream of Las Vegas, but outsiders steer clear of LA, survey shows]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles renters
are looking for a way out, while few outsiders are looking for a way
in.

According to a recent Zillow report, L.A. residents are the most
likely to be checking out rentals in Las Vegas.   They also make up the
largest out-of-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4297920</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Miami votes to track vacation rentals following 'Animal House' condo fallout]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miami commissioners voted Thursday to get a grasp on short-term
vacation rentals operating throughout the city, with the goal of
stricter regulation and a shutdown of illegal units causing chaos in
residential neighborhoods.

District 2 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4295478</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real estate Q&A: Can landlord keep most of security deposit for 'repainting and cleaning'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We moved out of our rental after three years, left the place clean
and gave the landlord our new address. Almost a month later, he mailed
us a fraction of our deposit, with the rest deducted for “repainting
and cleaning.” The paint showed ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4295303</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 3 million people opened accounts at TreasuryDirect.gov to buy
Series I U.S. savings bonds when the rates — based on inflation —
made headlines in 2022. Millions more savers have created TreasuryDirect
accounts to purchase Treasury bills...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4294577</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Residents, elected leaders protest proposal to move the White Sox]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Hundreds of residents from Bridgeport, Chinatown and
Armour Square gathered at Rate Field Tuesday morning to protest plans by
Amtrak and billionaire Justin Ishbia to establish a giant railroad
maintenance facility nearby and possibly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/home/s-4293875</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/08/2026</pubDate>
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