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Facebook marked Safer Internet Day by announcing new capabilities for creators that include advanced comment search functions and actions such as bulk liking and hiding. The Moderation Assist's Activity Log also is being enhanced with more statistics, such as how many comments were hidden during the past month.

Younger generations are showing a desire to buy investment properties before—or even instead of—a primary residence.

The drive for enhanced engagement and connection with young online users are the primary factors driving 53% of marketers to increase influencer spending this year, per Advertiser Perceptions research. Advertisers favor short videos and stories for content, while ongoing challenges include finding individuals with the right fit and securing brand safety assurances.

A Fannie Mae survey finds that home buyers were still broadly apprehensive about the state of the housing market last month, with sentiment only fractionally higher than it was in December, despite indications that housing market conditions are improving. Of the respondents, 82% deemed January a bad time for home purchases, while 59% said it was a favorable time to sell, compared with 51% the month before.

A home designed by 100A Associates in South Korea, called Uirim Inn, features a concrete building envelope and reddish wood interior. The two are meant to contrast each other as the warm timber interior highlights the natural context of the woods nearby.

Google and Microsoft are pursuing a new frontier of search engines, where results come in readable answers crafted by artificial intelligence. A barrage of announcements—with more to come—has already drawn the attention of enthusiasts and the public.

How real estate pros can support greater diversity within brokerages and associations.

A company culture of well-being revolves on shared values and goals, a sense of community and many ways to plug in to that culture, writes Richard Safeer, chief medical director of employee health and well-being at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Some of those "culture connection points" should be created during employee recruitment and in training, policies and benefits that all support health and well-being, Safeer notes.

"Agents who understand the economic dynamics ahead ... will be best positioned to advise their clients, ensure efficient transactions and create value for both buyers and sellers," NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun writes in a new column.

Huntington Bank has unveiled Huntington Home for Good, a mortgage product that offers a wider range of eligibility terms and has features designed to ease repayments. "We believe Home for Good will help provide equitable access to credit for people who may have encountered barriers to fulfilling their dreams of homeownership," said Brant Standridge, president of Huntington's consumer and business bank.

The Federal Reserve's quarterly senior loan officer opinion survey shows a trend of banks heightening credit requirements for consumer loans, mortgages, commercial real estate and commercial and industrial, with the Fed also noting that loan demand is dwindling. A significant number of respondents said they expect a challenging year ahead for the credit market, with Bank of America Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick saying that lending is likely to grow at about half the rate seen in 2022.