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Sydney Lake

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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Diddy’s estimated $1 billion fortune is at risk after 5 lawsuits with explosive allegations. Here’s how the entertainment mogul made his money

By Sydney LakeMarch 27, 2024

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul

NYC vacancy rates are so low—and affordable housing is so sparse—that a super PAC has formed to elect politicians to build more homes

By Sydney LakeMarch 25, 2024

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Real-estate agents are going extinct just like travel agents did, award-winning professor says. ‘You just don’t need’ them anymore because of the internet

By Sydney LakeMarch 23, 2024

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Olive Garden’s earnings just pulled back the curtain on the economy: The rich are dining out while the poor are falling back

By Sydney LakeMarch 22, 2024

‘The American Dream is still very much alive,’ Fannie Mae CEO insists—and she has essential advice for first-time homebuyers

‘The American Dream is still very much alive,’ Fannie Mae CEO insists—and she has essential advice for first-time homebuyers

By Sydney LakeMarch 21, 2024

‘Never complain, never explain’: The British royal family’s longtime mantra is backfiring with the Kate Middleton debacle

‘Never complain, never explain’: The British royal family’s longtime mantra is backfiring with the Kate Middleton debacle

By Sydney LakeMarch 20, 2024

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Housing is so unaffordable in major cities that millennials are moving back to the suburbs, Harvard study finds

By Sydney LakeMarch 19, 2024

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‘Folks don’t live near the office anymore’: Remote work guru Nick Bloom gets real on why RTO is so hard

By Sydney LakeMarch 18, 2024

Kate Middleton

Distrust over the Kate Middleton saga threatens the royal family’s $28 billion business empire

By Sydney LakeMarch 16, 2024

Homeowners are red, renters are blue: The broken housing market is merging with America’s polarized political culture

Homeowners are red, renters are blue: The broken housing market is merging with America’s polarized political culture

By Alena Botros, Chloe Berger and Sydney LakeMarch 16, 2024

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The uninsurable housing market: 26% of homeowners worry climate change will put them underwater either literally or figuratively

By Sydney LakeMarch 14, 2024

Joe Biden

Joe Biden is admitting that nobody wants to sell their house—and it’s offering an incentive to fix it

By Sydney LakeMarch 13, 2024

First Princess Kate, tomorrow the world: How one botched photoshop opened a Pandora’s Box of ‘the wider public doubting what they see’

First Princess Kate, tomorrow the world: How one botched photoshop opened a Pandora’s Box of ‘the wider public doubting what they see’

By Sydney LakeMarch 13, 2024

Kate Middleton’s Photoshopped family photo and the glaring errors that led to kill notices: ‘Think of it as a Cat. 5 cyclone’

Kate Middleton’s Photoshopped family photo and the glaring errors that led to kill notices: ‘Think of it as a Cat. 5 cyclone’

By Sydney Lake and Irina IvanovaMarch 11, 2024

This 79-year-old CEO is so passionate about the hydrogen-energy revolution that he hasn’t taken a vacation in 20 years

This 79-year-old CEO is so passionate about the hydrogen-energy revolution that he hasn’t taken a vacation in 20 years

By Sydney LakeMarch 9, 2024

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