duplex
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Developers say this duplex approach allows them to weather rising construction costs without passing on price hikes to their buyers and renters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 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
As he rolled up in front of my Van Nuys duplex, his teal Ford Tempo shimmering in the speckled fall sun, a wave of first-date excitement flooded my system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The V.C.’s walls were not very high; I could see the big duplex that nestled behind a canopy of trees with greenish-yellow leaves.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Economists say duplexes are the kind of “light-touch density” that allows cities to add more housing for middle-class families without entirely transforming a neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
They mostly invested in real estate — two commercial buildings and two residential duplexes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
This month, the City Council hiked trash removal fees to nearly $56 per month, up from $36.32 for single-family homes and duplexes and $24.33 for three- and four-unit apartment properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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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