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
“The biggest piece is affordability,” says Rachel Lange-Mills, president of Lange Real Estate, which has built duplex communities.
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
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
His duplex had changed since the last time she was here, and it was more than just the box of Fisher-Price toys in the living room and the makeup in the bathroom.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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
They mostly invested in real estate — two commercial buildings and two residential duplexes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
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
She wanted to show us the other side of Marguerite Cartwright Avenue, where the seasoned professors lived, with the duplexes hemmed in by gravely driveways.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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