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      <title>The Waldorf Astoria reopened after eight years, and now people live there</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New York's 1931 Park Avenue landmark returned in 2025 as 375 hotel rooms and 375 residences. What the restoration kept, and what it changes for the block.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How a 1970s tax credit is turning old offices into homes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The federal historic tax credit only covers 20 percent of qualified rehab costs, but it's become the financing backbone behind hundreds of thousands of apartments carved out of old buildings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The September deadline quietly reshaping where housing investment goes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governors have until September 28 to send Washington new maps of Opportunity Zones, redrawing the boundaries of a permanent tax break that will steer capital into housing for the next decade.]]></description>
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      <title>A buyer&apos;s playbook for a cooling market</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Flat prices and rising inventory restored buyer leverage in 2026. See the six-rule playbook: contingencies, seller credits, rate buydowns and when to move fast.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why downtown apartments are getting cheaper</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Record apartment deliveries since 2023 met hybrid-work demand, softening downtown rents — concessions are the real price list. See the map.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fannie Mae earned $14.4 billion last year, and your mortgage quietly depends on it</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae's $14.4B 2025 net income leads the FHFA's June 2026 GSE report — the yearly scorecard of the machinery behind half of U.S. mortgages.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Downtown Pittsburgh&apos;s next conversion breaks ground: 39 apartments on Smithfield</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A nearly $30M office-to-residential conversion on Smithfield Street adds 39 affordable apartments to downtown Pittsburgh — the latest in the conversion wave.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>David Jordan</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why cities are quietly rezoning single-family lots</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Since 2019, Minneapolis, Portland and California have opened single-family lots to duplexes, triplexes and ADUs. See what the reforms allow — and the catches.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Listings are piling up. What growing inventory actually means for buyers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Active listings rose ~8% year over year into 2026 and supply hit 3.8 months. See where inventory comes from, what it changes for buyers — and what it doesn't.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Home sales bounced back in February as listings kept piling up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Existing-home sales rose 1.7% to 4.09 million in February 2026 as inventory hit 3.8 months. See what the rebound means for spring buyers and sellers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>January&apos;s home sales were the slowest in more than two years</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Existing-home sales fell 8.4% in January 2026 to 3.91 million, the slowest pace since late 2023, NAR reported. See what drove it and what came next.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The lock-in effect: why half of America&apos;s owners won&apos;t sell</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The mortgage lock-in effect keeps half of U.S. owners from selling. See the math, workarounds and what it means for buyers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The 2026 conforming loan limit is $832,750, and it quietly reshapes who can borrow</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2026 conforming loan limit is $832,750 — up 3.26% — and $1,249,125 in high-cost areas. See what the FHFA change means for buyers and refinancers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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