The answer to who can set market value involves buyers, sellers—and the very definition of "value."

Find out how much your clients will pay to move in 2023 and learn how they can avoid common schemes.

You are more likely to be satisfied with the direction of your life if you seek integration rather than balance, writes leadership coach James Kerr, who says aiming for balance can lead to stress and disappointment. Taking the time to reflect and incorporate elements of integration, such as defining what is most important, being flexible and focusing on being present will "support your overall happiness and fulfillment in both work and the rest of your life," Kerr writes.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance said sales of luxury residential units at Manhattan's 111 W. 57th St. are falling behind expectations although there has recently been a modest uptick in activity. In the second quarter, luxury residential sales in Manhattan were down almost 40% compared to the same quarter in 2022, according to brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate and appraiser Miller Samuel Inc.

Generative tools are being added to programs you use, and they'll enable your work in ways you can only begin to imagine.

A contract management system can save employees time, thus increasing productivity, while streamlining workflow, writes Jay Fuchs for HubSpot. In this article, Fuchs reviews 14 such systems, which have a more narrow focus than customer relationship management systems.

Small businesses can quickly lose the attention of potential customers by posting low-quality photos online. With these 12 photo editing apps, businesses can improve their image quality, such as adjusting contrast and brightness, on social media and their website.

Security expert Tracey Hawkins, host of a new real estate safety podcast, deconstructs a recent article from The New York Times that calls out lack of protections for agents and brokers.

Andrew Zarro, a candidate for mayor and a representative on the Portland (Maine) City Council, argues that the city must repurpose its land to address the city's housing crisis. Zarro suggests that merging various zones into an inclusive district "would promote coexistence between residential, commercial, and light industrial areas."

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has proposed a move away from the current "tri-merge" system—which requires lenders to examine three credit reports from the major credit bureaus in the mortgage application process—to a simpler, two-report review. However, removal of one of the reports could omit positive credit history and thereby work to the applicant's disadvantage, and less prosperous applicants likely would be most affected by the change, write Kevin Kimble of the Financial Services Innovation Coalition and Thaddaus Dawson Jr. of Dawson Valuation Group.

U.S. government debt has been downgraded by Fitch Ratings to AA+ from a long-standing AAA, with Fitch citing factors such as "erosion of governance relative to 'AA' and 'AAA' rated peers over the last two decades," "expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years" and "a high and growing general government debt burden." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said in response that "Fitch's decision does not change what Americans, investors, and people all around the world already know: that Treasury securities remain the world's preeminent safe and liquid asset, and that the American economy is fundamentally strong."