Real estate

"I invite people to stay there with me when I'm there," said Aileen Smith about her second home in Tramore, Ireland. "I never get tired of having guests. It's fun every single time."

Normally, higher interest rates mean cheaper homes. Not this time.

Home builders are making new homes smaller to keep prices down. In Southern California, where land is scarce and housing is expensive, buyers are turning to small pre-war homes or ADUs.

"I'm just attached to it because it's taken care of me and I'm taking care of it," said Violet O'Brien on why she's choosing to age in place in her Houston home.

Paula Span of The New York Times says that these days, aging in place might feel more like being stuck in place .

While sizable gains in the value of stocks and real estate has likely boosted spending, it's done less to improve sentiment.

Some types of CRE are hurting more than others. A steep downturn could cause pain to regional banks as well as property owners.

With sloping, concrete floors and huge, windowless rooms, movie theaters are not the easiest properties to convert.

"There's a lot of science and a little bit of art" involved in finding the perfect place, a Chipotle executive says.

Zillow find that million-dollar homes are proliferating — and not just in the usual high-cost metro areas like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.