Home sales may be "frozen" for a while as colder, harsher weather sets in across the country, says NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

Social media marketers will increasingly gravitate toward TikTok, user generated content and diverse asset testing during 2023, predict experts. They expect other trends to include contextual targeting, brand safety scrutiny and first-party data use.

From disclosing property issues and multiple offers to the risks of buyer "love letters," these were the top law and ethics topics on your radar this year.

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The demand for homes in and around cities nationwide still outstrips supply, as sales continue to close despite rising mortgage rates and inflation, according to a MarketWatch analysis of realtor.com® data. Home listings are down significantly over the past five years.

Elevated mortgage rates weighed on the market in November, with single-family housing starts falling to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 828,000, down 4.1%. Overall starts sank only 0.5% due to strength in the multifamily sector.

The National Association of Home Builders reported that its measurement of sentiment among single-family homebuilders fell in December for the 12th consecutive month. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was down to a reading of 31, below the forecast of economists in a Reuters poll.

The metaverse and the opportunities it brings for virtual reality were among the top real estate technology stories of the year.

New York nonprofits are helping families that are struggling to maintain their shelter amid rising rents and life challenges. A range of organizations, including New York City's Department of Homeless Services, are offering subsidies and other assistance to help fill the gaps.

Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has kept the minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages at 5.25% or at 2 percentage points above the bank's offered rate, and the federal government has maintained a similar requirement for insured mortgages. Interest-rate increases have been prompting calls to ease the stress-test requirements for mortgage borrowers.