Foreign investors, who typically pay cash for U.S. real estate, are spending even more on properties than domestic buyers. NAR data reveals who these international clients are and what areas of America they're targeting.

Technology advancements are seemingly endless, but that doesn't mean your clients have to upgrade their smart-home devices every time a new model comes out.

While the platform may seem like a gold rush for many real estate pros, it's important to note that simply collecting likes on your posts isn't enough.

Brands can tap Threads' potential by testing, learning and repeating efforts and crafting threads that elicit replies, which are favored by platform algorithms, writes Boathouse's Geoff Gates. Prepare for trending topics, direct messaging capabilities, paid media promotions and other expected updates to ensure teams can "move swiftly and creatively, without getting bogged down in the process weeds," Gates advises.

The pandemic heightened the country's housing crisis, but a variety of collaborative, innovative efforts offer promise.

Owners of this luxury New York condo tapped designer Mick De Giulio to create a custom kitchen the reflected the owners' personal style.

Chatbots are the most relevant generative AI application for 83% of marketers, while data, text, search and synthetic data rounded out the top five functions, per Insider Intelligence. While image, audio and video ranked among the lowest AI functions, "eventually, tech like DALL-E, Sonix and Pictory could allow marketers to personalize campaigns at scale," writes Insider Intelligence's Sara Lebow.

City officials in Los Angeles are encouraging renters to take advantage of programs designed to help renters who have fallen behind on payments. The city is also working to inform tenants of their rights and protections.

The Federal Reserve's quarterly Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey found that banks have tightened credit standards for both business and consumer clients, and they expect to tighten further through the rest of the year. "The most cited reasons for expecting to tighten lending standards were a less favorable or more uncertain economic outlook, an expected deterioration in collateral values, and an expected deterioration in credit quality of [commercial real estate] and other loans," the Fed said.

Pricing uncertainty and liquidity issues continue to create barriers to real estate transactions, with interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve having contributed to a bid-ask gap. Indexes from MSCI and Green Street offer some indications that prices are adjusting to the new normal, although disagreements over what the Fed will do next continue.