duplex
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“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
Kolby Newton moved into a duplex with his girlfriend after their landlord raised the rent on their apartment downtown.
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
“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
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
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