A new generation of home buyers is seeking to make use of every corner of their space and extend their lifestyle to the outdoors.

The celebrated journalist shared with attendees at last week's REALTORS® Legislative Meetings the common thread that runs through his most memorable stories: a call to purpose.

If you want to know whether your pipeline is full enough, learn how to make projections based on appropriate data.

TikTok is encouraging users to add locations to experiences and offering the opportunity to create an in-app review, if that location is a business. TikTok's Chinese sibling, Douyin, already does this, and Social Media Today's Andrew Hutchinson suggests the prompts could help users expand their reach and "could be another step towards building [TikTok's] discovery potential."

Many homeowners are staying in place due to the attractive mortgage terms they were able to obtain in recent years, slowing the pace of homes that come onto the market. "The mortgage refinancing boom is over, but its impact will be seen for decades to come," says Andrew Haughwout of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Using artificial intelligence for contract management carries a special set of risks, writes Amine Anoun, Evisort's chief technology officer. Red flags: If third parties are involved, data privacy considerations could be triggered, and it's important to know whether the contracts will be reviewed by humans or data sent overseas.

Dividing your attention to complete multiple activities at once can make you less effective at everything you're doing.

Women are forming joint living arrangements dubbed "mommunes" to find support following divorce and job loss. Single mothers comprise about 80% of single-parent families in the U.S.

Banks have been receiving queries from the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. regarding interest-rate risks and exposure to commercial real estate, as the Fed and FDIC seek to strengthen safeguards and prevent further bank collapses, said people with knowledge of the situation. "Deposit volatility is higher than we thought because we never saw what fast interest-rate increases can do in a world where information on banks is so much easier to act upon by the depositors," said Georgetown University professor Sandeep Dahiya.

Federal Reserve data shows total consumer borrowing surpassed $17 trillion in the first three months of the year, marking a record high and rising about $150 billion from the prior quarter. The total rose despite a decline in new mortgage originations, which fell to $323.5 billion, the smallest amount since Q2 of 2014.