Asking these questions will help reveal more information and tell the story about whom you're working with. Listen carefully for inconsistencies in the answers.

Broker Ryan Serhant, star of "Million Dollar Listing New York," shares his experience starting his own New York firm just as the coronavirus pandemic shut down the city. "After every tragedy is an amazing wheel of the human spirit to recover really fast," Serhant says.

A longtime REALTOR® shares her experience working with both buyers and sellers, including handling complaints and difficult deals.

Sales performance metrics should adjust to changing economic conditions, especially when it comes to performance reviews of salespeople.

Home buyers canceled about 15.2% of home-purchase agreements initiated in August, compared with 12.1% a year ago, according to Redfin, a trend rising due to the softening market and higher interest rates. Such buyers can be at risk of losing their deposit.

One Chicago community has agreed to create a neighborhood gathering space by transforming one city block into a pedestrian-only zone.

Indian real estate platform Housing.com says it is planning to hire 200 employees, adding to its headcount of approximately 1,500. "We have clear ambitions of making Housing.com the clear market leader," CEO Dhruv Agarwala says.

The longtime foster parent and mother of five provides First Night Bags filled with essential items to ease the transitions of more than 4,000 children entering foster care. Meet all 10 Good Neighbor finalists and vote for your favorite cause.

Nuveen Real Estate is sharing rent payment data with credit agencies to help people living in affordable housing communities build credit and "establish a financial identity." Nuveen is providing the data in partnership with Esusu.

Federal Reserve officials responded to growing volatility in global markets by emphasizing the need to bring inflation under control. "Accomplishing price stability will require slower employment growth and a somewhat higher unemployment rate," said Susan Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, who also endorsed last week's Fed projection that the benchmark interest rate would increase to 4.6% in 2023.