Real estate professionals can use these market and financial tips to improve their own property investment strategy or that of their clients.

Talking points: What local broker marketplaces—also known as MLSs—are and how they benefit all buyers and sellers.

If you're struggling with the grind and haven't had a win in a while, it can be difficult to maintain a positive attitude and feel like you're progressing in your career, writes executive coach Anne Sugar. Celebrating smaller successes, developing meaningful boundaries, writing down positive actions you've taken and expanding your horizons are among the strategies that Sugar recommends to turn stagnation into progress.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is a stone's throw away from reaching a 7% average. Monthly mortgage payments have jumped nearly $300 in the last year.

Home staging company owner Rhonda Conchola says warm colors, miniminalism and organic shapes are trending for interiors.

Average apartment rents for new leases in Manhattan declined by $95 in June to reach $4,300, following three straight months of record-setting rents, according to a report by Miller Samuel and Douglas Elliman Real Estate. However, July and August are typically the busiest months of the year, which could put upward pressure on rents going forward.

Wahi, a Toronto-based real estate data and analytics firm, has developed a plugin for ChatGPT that founder and CEO Benjy Katchen says turns "the property search into a conversation that can take place in any language."

Louisiana real estate pro Jennifer Richardson vowed to remove trash and weeds from neglected roadway medians around town. She turned to social media for help and amassed 100 volunteers.

San Mateo County, Calif., is facing increasing demands for affordable housing. Local officials are looking into demand for farmworker housing, funding challenges and the housing development pipeline.

Consumer price inflation was measured at 3% on a year-over-year basis in June, well below the peak it reached in 2022, according to the Labor Department. The better-than-expected results amount to good news for the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting campaign, although market participants are still expecting another interest-rate hike later in July.