All it takes is a commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion and a few tangible action steps to get started.

Learn how real estate pro Holly Styrcula is overcoming a slowing market to supercharge her marketing efforts.

You can exude confidence in meetings—even if you're not—by choosing a position in the room that puts you in the middle of the action, leaning in during conversations and speaking up when appropriate, writes executive coach Joel Garfinkle. "You're an expert in your area and the best means you have to get your point across is in your own voice, and with conviction," Garfinkle writes.

Influencer marketing builds visibility for small businesses if they connect it to their budgets, audience and goals, writes Taiwo Sotikare, a business-to-business and digital marketing expert. Sotikare discusses how to choose an influencer who aligns with the company and how to begin the partnership.

From opening up to the outdoors to shifting cabinet styles, a range of new kitchen styles are moving away from all-white, cookie-cutter designs.

The National Association of Home Builders is tracking a reduction in the square footage of new-build homes as the concept of tiny homes catches on. At the same time, home construction in the country is failing to keep pace with demand.

Home prices on the whole are continuing to rise in the Pittsburgh area, though some neighborhoods have seen a drop in prices. This is in line with the national trend.

Once an idealistic but cumbersome technology mostly out of reach for the everyday consumer, the robot vacuum has come a long way in advancement and accessibility.

The Minnesota Homeownership Center and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity are fundraising for a new down payment assistance program for Black home buyers that is intended to address the racial gap in the Minnesota metro housing market. The nonprofits are working to raise $8 million to offer five-year forgivable loans of up to $50,000 to 200 descendants of enslaved people.

The possibility of a severe recession that brings increased stress to commercial and residential real estate will be among the hypothetical economic strains that the Federal Reserve will use to assess the resilience of the largest banks.