duplex
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Before that, about 10 years ago, he rented a room in a duplex for $333; that same room now rents for $900, he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The billionaire appears to have purchased the 7,500-square-foot duplex, inside a storied New York building, in an off-market deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 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
It was a duplex, yellow with green trim, that stood squarely on the corner, a rusted chain-link fence surrounding it.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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 watched with alarm as a developer known for building boxy duplexes in South Los Angeles started buying lots on their block in west Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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
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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