duplex
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My mom was on the top floor of a duplex on a steep hill, and my dad lived in a small house with a white fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
We lived in a two-story duplex built in 1899, where I enjoyed sitting on our enclosed porch watching thunderstorms and the leaves change on trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
“If you want to build a 3,000-square-foot house and a 700-square-foot ADU, it’s easier. But if you want to build two homes as a duplex, it’s harder,” Trauss said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Mom’s car was parked in front of the duplex, but it didn’t feel like anyone was home.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The measure defines a big institutional investor as an entity that controls 350 homes or more, and its definition of a single-family home includes duplexes along with traditional detached houses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Fueling the anxiety: a raft of recent California laws and bills that make it easier to build duplexes and apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods like Altadena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Larry Gross, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Survival, said he fears developers will use the law to demolish rent-controlled duplexes, replacing them with more expensive apartment projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Winslow Road was one long line of duplexes, but standing on the curb you would not have known it.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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