Though Americans are more likely to own a home today than 10 years ago, racial gaps persist, a new NAR report shows.

Certain property types require more specialized knowledge. Here's what you need to consider to give you and your clients the best service.

Real Estate Today, YES Talk and Lab Coat Agents top this compilation of the best real estate podcasts for professionals, according to Hubspot.

Journalist and communication graduate student Amelia Heymann shares tips from reporters to help communicators improve media relationships. They suggest PR professionals research to ensure pitches are delivered to the right person, strive to become a valued resource, respond quickly to inquiries and respect deadlines.

Lonely workers pay for isolation with their mental health and cost their employers through increased absenteeism, health care spending and lost productivity, experts say. Businesses can foster connection by incorporating quick discussions of nonwork pursuits into team meetings or by scheduling in-office collaboration.

Interior design experts discuss what's new and next for this comeback design style.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reports a drop in mortgage applications for the last week in February as rates moved higher. "Data on inflation, employment, and economic activity have signaled that inflation may not be cooling as quickly as anticipated, which continues to put upward pressure on rates," MBA economist Joel Kan said.

Video is the most important element to attracting consumers' attention on social media, writes Kim Rittberg, a digital video strategist. Rittberg looks at five tools needed by a business to create usable video content, including video editing and planning tools.

Community solar projects are so small in terms of capacity that one might think they couldn't make a significant impact on the grid, but there's power in numbers and the U.S. now has nearly 5 gigawatts of community solar capacity -- a number that's growing by about a gigawatt per year. Many cities are embracing community solar projects that benefit low-income residents and the push is expected to accelerate under the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike of the current tightening cycle was imposed in March 2022 as tackling runaway inflation became a top priority for the central bank. Though inflation has cooled, it remains well above the Fed's 2% annual target, and strong job numbers and consumer spending signal further rate hikes are imminent. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said Fed policies are "having the desired effect of tapping the brakes on the economy," but acknowledged more work must be done to finish the job.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has prohibited mortgage broker RMK Financial from further participation in the mortgage lending business and fined it $1 million. The CFPB alleges in part that the company, doing business as Majestic Home Loan, deceived military families with false implications of having governmental endorsement of its home loans. The action was the CFPB's second in a week against a nonbank lender alleged to have targeted military families.