There are most certainly real estate futures traded on CME. https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/real-estate.html https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/real-estate.html

There are most certainly real estate futures traded on CME. https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/real-estate.html https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/real-estate.html Short selling is possible via inverse REITs and other vehicles. I'm not really sure what you mean by "all other marketplaces". Lots of marketplaces allow shorting. For example (almost) all commodity markets trade via futures and that means shorting is possible by definition. Grain futures have been traded since ancient Babylon to allow farmers and consumers of grain (eg brewers and bakers) to hedge against adverse price movement between planting and the harvest. When I say "almost" all commods trade via futures, for weird historical reasons[1] futures trading in onions is not allowed and so people research onion trading as an example of the effects on a market of disallowing futures trading. The current research suggests that disallowing futures and options trading increases volatility, leading to more pronounced boom and bust as the market struggles to digest information. [1] https://www.good.is/articles/the-great-chicago-onion-ring-why-selling-onion-futures-is-against-federal-law https://www.good.is/articles/the-great-chicago-onion-ring-wh...