Real estate professionals experimenting with content creation through artificial intelligence should keep the Code in mind as case law evolves.

Company owners are coming up with ways to support agents who are going through their first housing downturn.

Real estate agents can help first-time and moderate-income buyers by dispelling the myths associated with FHA-insured loans.

Brokers for a trio of New York properties featured in the HBO series "Succession" say exposure from the show is helping to attract offers. "People want what everyone else has deemed fabulous," said Daniella G. Schlisser, a listing agent for a $38 million, four-bedroom duplex seen on the show.

Life insurance companies increased their mortgage holdings 8.5% to $695 billion in 2022, according to data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Capital Markets Bureau. The companies also increased their bond holdings by 2.4%, but total bond holdings as a share of all investments fell slightly, while mortgage holdings grew from 12.4% to 13.1%.

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Small businesses have been disproportionately affected by tightening credit standards, according to a Federal Reserve study in which 48% of senior loan officers reported reining in lending to companies with annual sales of less than $50 million. Financial experts recommend five things small businesses should do when seeking loans, from identifying more collateral to crafting a back-up plan.

Paved Paradise author Henry Grabar chronicles the development of parking lots in the U.S. and their effects on affordable housing, walkable neighborhoods and other parts of urban life. "We build more three-car garages in this country than we build one-bedroom apartments," Grabar says.

The Bank of Canada has acknowledged increases in mortgage rates and mortgage delinquencies, but those trends are not presenting "alarm bells" for the overall housing market, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said. Meanwhile, the "spillover effects" from global banking turmoil "have been muted [in Canada], reflecting the financial stability we are known for internationally," although "financial stability risks remain," Macklem said.

Major fund managers are warning of mounting trouble in the U.S. commercial real estate market that could put further pressure on the banking sector. Anne Walsh, chief investment officer of Guggenheim Partners, says certain metropolitan regions are especially vulnerable to a downturn. "We're likely going into a real estate recession, but not across the entire real estate market," Walsh said. "Lenders will be very choosy about what loans they are willing to make."