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Sydney Lake is an associate editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits news for the publication's global news desk covering generational dynamics, billionaire philanthropy, housing, real estate, luxury, and wealth. Before joining Fortune, Sydney served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and worked on the production desk at CQ Roll Call. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and leadership studies from the University of Richmond and her master's degree in digital media management from the University of Southern California.
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FinanceGoldman says office buildings need a 50% price drop for residential conversion to be a real thing
By Sydney LakeFebruary 28, 2024
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FinanceFlorida homeowners have no choice but to lower condo prices as insurance and HOA fees ‘skyrocket,’ Redfin says
By Sydney LakeFebruary 27, 2024
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FinanceMillion-dollar homes are swallowing D.C.’s housing market as a whopping 20% of listings are out of reach for most people
By Sydney LakeFebruary 24, 2024
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FinanceSay goodbye to the peak of home price appreciation, Fortune 500 chief economist says—it’s behind us
By Sydney LakeFebruary 21, 2024
The bigger the age gap between managers and employees, the less productive they are, report shows
SuccessThe bigger the age gap between managers and employees, the less productive they are, report shows
By Sydney LakeFebruary 16, 2024
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SuccessFrom a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop Tart: William Post dies at 96, leaving great wealth and a legacy of snack innovation behind
By Sydney Lake and Sasha RogelbergFebruary 15, 2024
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Finance‘Fake it until you make it’: Millennials are obsessed with looking rich, Wells Fargo study shows
By Sydney LakeFebruary 14, 2024
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FinanceAbout $929 billion commercial mortgages will mature this year—and it’s just another sign of the impending commercial real estate downfall
By Sydney LakeFebruary 13, 2024
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SuccessDespite all their anti-capitalist talk, Gen Z is addicted to celebrity—they’re more likely to purchase from brands they think are ‘cool’
By Sydney LakeFebruary 12, 2024
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FinanceGen Z’s thirst for the NYC lifestyle drives vacancy rates to the historic low of 1.4%—unseen since the ‘Mad Men’ era of 1968
By Sydney LakeFebruary 9, 2024
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TechA top exec at Kim Kardashian’s new private equity fund once made it her mission to persuade Apple’s Tim Cook not to hire her. It didn’t work
By Sydney LakeFebruary 9, 2024
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FinanceMeet Zillow rooms for rent: A Craigslist killer for the millennial and Gen Z set—and a symbol of the housing affordability crisis
By Sydney LakeFebruary 8, 2024
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FinanceJanet Yellen is ‘concerned’ and sees a ‘lot of stress’ ahead for commercial real estate as wave of giant loans come due this year
By Sydney LakeFebruary 7, 2024
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Finance‘A problem we’ll be working on for years’: Fed chair Jerome Powell says commercial real estate’s impact on banking has just begun 
By Sydney LakeFebruary 6, 2024
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PoliticsTexas lawmaker who opposes giving $500 per month to 1,900 Houstonians sponsored a bill to save every homeowner $1,300 a year
By Sydney LakeFebruary 5, 2024
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