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A new idea for New York restaurants

Jul 12, 2016
A new app turns closed eateries into workspaces for hire.
Will restaurants become the next co-working space? Spacious, a new startup, is betting yes.
Spacious

An expensive real-estate seminar isn't how to get rich

Jun 1, 2016
Real-estate seminars with high-pressure salesmen take place across the country every week.
Donald Trump at a press conference announcing the real estate seminar Trump University on May 23, 2005 in New York City. 
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China cracks down on Internet finance sector

Apr 21, 2016
The ballooning sector in China has escaped regulation — up until now.
The headquarters of the People's Bank of China.
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This visa program is a path to citizenship for the rich

Apr 18, 2016
Foreigners invest in property developments to sidestep immigration rules.
An aerial view of the site of the Hudson Yards project.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York/Wikimedia Commons

A $25 billion bet on changing how we work and play

Feb 25, 2016
A giant real-estate project in New York makes a risky bet on a reimagined future
Projected view of Hudson Yards, Looking South from the No. 7 Subway Station.
Courtesy Related-Oxford

A move toward three bedrooms and two baths

Feb 25, 2016
Half of all millennial buyers are purchasing single-family homes in the suburbs.
Cozy homes in Chicago's urban core can cost in the high hundreds of thousands to millions, pricing out many first-time home buyers.
Nova Safo

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What new home sales mean for the economy

Dec 23, 2015
New home sales are up in 2015. How do these purchases influence the economy?

Local Money: Universities look to expand

Dec 18, 2015
Like many other universities, Vanderbilt University is looking to grow.

Company tests new waters for small-scale investors

Nov 10, 2015
Groundfloor lets non-accredited investors get in on small-scale real estate deals.