Local housing markets sing when the "Anti-Hero" crooner comes to town, a new study finds.

Barbara Agrait, Amazon senior PR manager of global media relations, discusses how working in law enforcement helped prepare her for "working in crisis-at-any-moment environments" and the importance of "being a voice of comfort and knowledge." Agrait advises communications executives to get to know reporters before a crisis, avoid trying to dispel falsehoods within social conversations, be responsive and "let the news outlets be the voice of reason and authority."

Borrowing costs have dropped for the fifth-straight week and are expected to go lower through the end of the year.

Real estate pros share stories of navigating extreme weather conditions while showing homes, including a harrowing drive with clients through a severe storm.

A New Jersey broker reflects on 40 years moonlighting as a volunteer firefighter and the powerful bond between those who run toward emergencies—like 9/11.

As work projects pile up at the end of the year, try being a "grinch" about your time, says Emily Ballesteros, founder of Burnout Management. "If you have double your usual workload and you know you do your best work in a quiet space with no distractions, do everything in your power to lock yourself in a quiet space with no distractions," says Ballesteros.

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Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies highlights a growing crisis in affordable housing for seniors in the U.S., with nearly a third of senior-headed households being cost-burdened.

The U.S. economy remains on track to achieve a soft landing and inflation should not need further drastic tightening to reach pre-pandemic levels, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. "I believe the signs are very good that we will achieve this soft landing with unemployment stabilizing more or less we're where it is in this general vicinity, and growth slowing to a sustainable level. I think that's what we're in the middle of," Yellen said.

Consumer spending increased 0.2% in October, according to the Commerce Department, down from a 0.7% increase in September and the lowest increase since May. The department cites higher interest rates, the restart of student-loan payments, a slowdown in income growth and a decrease in savings as the cause. The core personal consumption expenditures price index increased 3.5% year over year in October, down from a 3.7% year-over-year increase in September.