Being able to discuss capital gains rules on the sale of a home could be invaluable to baby boomer clients.

Yes. If an MLS participant is working as an agent for a buyer, a written agreement is required. Get more facts about NAR's proposed settlement agreement at facts.realtor.

Sales leaders should perform one task every day to build a strong sales pipeline, advises Colleen Francis, whether it's leads from new or existing customers. "When you do that, you are compound the effect, the positive effect that you get from growth and you will create growth consistently," Francis writes.

Customer segmentation analysis can help salespeople better understand customers, writes Alwayne Powell, a performance marketing leader. Powell recommends segmenting customers by demographics, behavior, transactions and psychographic traits such as lifestyles or personal values.

Young professionals are targeting areas with plenty of job prospects and home affordability, finds a new realtor.com® study.

Every dip in borrowing costs helps house hunters stay within their budget.

Invitation Homes CEO Dallas Tanner discusses the state of the housing market, rental trends in the company's portfolio and its efforts to create new housing stock. "There's still really insatiable demand," Tanner said. "It all comes down to lack of housing supply."

Google's generative AI can describe video for smart TV viewers and tailor movies or shows based on their preferences. The company announced the updates at this week's I/O conference and revealed that it's adding Max and Peacock to some cars' infotainment systems.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has formally asked for public comment on the role played by the Federal Home Loan Bank system, with the aim of collecting feedback on how the regulatory statement governing the system might be improved. The FHFA also is seeking views on what benchmarks it could apply to the system's performance toward its mission.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee noted that the latest inflation report showed some progress but that "there's still room for improvement." Meanwhile, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said that interest rates would likely need to be held "a while longer," and he also noted that there is uncertainty about exactly how monetary policy is affecting the economy.