Your clients who are relocating across state lines may be surprised at the requirements for pets that are coming with them. Consult this state-by-state breakdown.

The most important rule when it comes to furnishing a home is that there is a distinct difference between decorating a house to live in versus staging a home to sell.

Sales involves nuance, and the best way to improve sales skills over time is to analyze each week what worked and what didn't and make adjustments based on whether you asked different questions, found prospects differently, or changed your proposal or negotiation approach. Doing so will yield a set of "better practices, not best practices that are stagnant," and you can build on those strengths and adapt them to any customer situation, Colleen Francis of Engage Selling says in this video.

Take ownership of your special responsibility to speak up and advocate for policies that keep the real estate market healthy and balanced for your clients. Listen to Drive With NAR to find out how.

A newly constructed 35,000-square-foot Los Angeles estate, dubbed La Vue, is on the market for $185 million. The estate is listed by real estate agents Joyce Rey of Coldwell Banker Realty, and James Harris and David Parnes of the Agency.

The number of buy-to-let mortgages in the U.K. has fallen significantly over the past week due to increased interest rates, adding to the many headwinds landlords face.

Before 2027, 25% of businesses will use chatbots as their main channels for customer service, HubSpot predicts. A pair of surveys from the company reveal social media trends among companies and consumers, including the growth of microinfluencers and integrated shopping.

A study by the Chamber of Commerce reveals that more than one quarter of U.S. homeowners are "house poor," spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs. The study highlights the increasing burden of housing costs for American homeowners and renters due to factors such as rising mortgage interest rates, inflation and wage stagnation.

Project Destined is a social impact platform aimed at teaching high school and college students of color the fundamentals of finance with a special emphasis on real estate. BXP, Equity Residential and Vornado are among the participants in the program, which has trained more than 5,000 students and is now engaged in an effort focused on Black student-athletes.

The Consumer Bankers Association, together with other banking trade groups, have issued a joint statement welcoming the latest progress on a debt ceiling deal and calling for it to be completed. The statement reads: "It is critically important that the United States stand fully behind its obligations. Failure to do so would immediately ripple through the financial system and do irreparable harm to the U.S. economy. We respectfully urge our public leaders to finalize the debt ceiling deal and take the remaining critical steps necessary to protect our nation's financial standing in the world."