HousingWire Daily

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that features interviews with the brightest minds in real estate and housing. In this episode, Tracey Velt, editorial director at RealTrends, an HW Media company, interviews Redfin CEO and President, Glenn Kelman, who talks about Redfin’s business model and discusses the company’s next steps. Additionally, he shares some insight into how brokerage leaders can benefit from figuring out how to turn all homebuyers into cash buyers.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with the RMD Podcast, a monthly podcast covering hot topics in the reverse mortgage industry. The podcast is hosted by Chris Clow, editor at HousingWire’s latest acquisition, Reverse Mortgage Daily. The episode features an interview with John Lunde, president of Reverse Market Insight (RMI). Lunde joins Chris to discuss the state of the reverse mortgage industry, including how COVID-19 has increased business and changed the industry over the past year. He also discusses where the reverse mortgage industry is headed in the future.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses the underserved nature of the investor-owned, single-family market. Murray also shares some insight into how companies utilizing iBuying functions are affecting the senior market and advises listeners to download the quarterly earnings reports of public real estate companies.

Today’s HousingWire Daily continues Houses in Motion, a miniseries looking at U.S. real estate, hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake. In this episode, Blake is joined by Kenny Cravens, vice president of training sales at Coldwell Banker Legacy Real Estate Group in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and president of the Southern Kentucky Association of Realtors. During the episode, we talked with Cravens about the distinctive aspects of the Bowling Green housing market, and the city’s struggles to get more inventory.

Today's episode of HousingWire Daily continues the Women of Influence podcast miniseries with Courtney Graham, who was a 2020 Women of Influence and is a 2021 Marketing Leader. Graham serves as chief marketing officer at Princeton Mortgage where she focuses on scaling the company culture to support its explosive national market expansion. Graham is also the driving force behind the creation of Princeton Mortgage’s marketing machine that has been a large driver for increased revenue and production for the mortgage bank. During the interview, Graham talks about her current role as CMO and how she has helped the company achieve record growth. She wraps by discussing some recent marketing trends that she is closely following and what she thinks it will take to get more women in the industry.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with the Chief Economist at Redfin, Daryl Fairweather. Fairweather is joined by HousingWire Digital Media Manager Alcynna Lloyd to discuss a recent homebuying report, which shows that home prices in August remained stagnant while competition amongst buyers slightly declined. Fairweather also shares insight into how the new COVID-19 Delta variant might impact the homebuying market if local governments reinstate precautions such as mask mandates and lockdowns.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with Bill Harney the CEO of Keeping Current Matters. In this episode, Harney gives listeners an inside look into the world of real estate publishing.HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Brian Holland, the CEO of Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. Brian discusses the transition to remote work over the past year and also talks about the importance of continuing a company culture even in an online environment.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that features interviews with the brightest minds in real estate and housing. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, an HW Media company, interviews RE/MAX President Nick Bailey. Bailey discusses how the company hopes to capitalize on digital real estate tools such as machine learning to aid agent productivity. He also shares some of RE/MAX’s other growth strategies as well as industry market trends that he has noticed over the past couple of months.

Today’s HousingWire Daily continues the Houses in Motion, a miniseries hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake that looks at U.S. real estate. In this episode, Blake is joined by Spencer Krull, managing broker of Side’s Southern California offices and veteran of brokerage management. During the episode, we pressed him on the modern-day purpose and economic viability of a brokerage, and what Side’s distinctive model specifically offers. We also discussed the lively, combative world of Los Angeles real estate sales.

2020 Woman of Influence AJ Barkley joins HousingWire’s Daily's Women of Influence podcast miniseries, which spotlights the program’s winners over the years. Barkley, who is the Neighborhood Lending and Community Lending Executive at Bank of America, discusses her passion to drive successful homeownership among low-to-moderate-income borrowers, underserved communities, and multicultural borrowers in all economic situations. Along with her main role at Bank of America, Barkley serves as the co-executive sponsor of the Black Professional Group of North Texas and launched the Black Women Ready to Lead initiative. She also shares what her work has been doing over the past year and what she thinks it will take to get more women and diversity into the industry.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with Danielle Hale, chief economist at realtor.com. During the episode, Hale discusses the June new home sales report released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Danielle sheds light on highlights of the report, including the consecutive decline in national sales volume, as well as increases in home prices. Hale also puts June’s numbers into the context of annual growth as the market slowly cools down from 2020.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features our first crossover episode with the RMD Podcast, a monthly podcast covering hot topics in the reverse mortgage industry. The podcast is hosted by Chris Clow, editor at HousingWire’s latest acquisition, Reverse Mortgage Daily. The episode features an interview with Clayton Collins, Founder and CEO of HW Media. Chris and Clayton discuss the reverse mortgage industry and how Clayton was first introduced into housing media.

Today’s HousingWire Daily continues Houses in Motion, a miniseries that looks at real estate in the U.S., hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake. This episode features an interview with Jonathan Miller, President and CEO of Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm that he co-founded in 1986. Miller explains the ins and outs of the appraisal profession, the challenges with industry leadership, the appraiser as a veritable “lone wolf” and the graying of the industry. He also discusses the role of appraisal management companies and dives into the recent allegations of racial discrimination and bias against individual appraisers.

Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues with the latest guest on the Women of Influence podcast miniseries is 2021 Woman of Influence Courtney Poulos, who is the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate and co-founder of ACME Florida. Poulos began selling real estate in 2005 and has remained dedicated to passing on her knowledge of the real estate market, since then having inspired women to take charge of their future through real estate investment. When Poulos was first named a 2020 Woman of Influence, she was only the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate, launching ACME Florida this year. During the interview, she talks about the launch of the brokerage and explores the unique trends happening in the Florida housing market. As a mentor to any agents, she also talks about how competitive the market is for real estate agents right now and how they’re staying at the top of their game.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses inflation’s role in the housing market and an often overlooked key component to real estate success. Additionally, he discusses the shift in how investors are valuing brokerages for the first time in over 20 years.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Ajita Atreya, a senior economist at Freddie Mac. During the episode, Atreya discusses Freddie Mac’s latest quarterly forecast, which indicates that the housing market will remain strong despite setbacks. Atreya also discusses how the new Delta COVID-19 variant is affecting the market and shares her housing and economic projections for the remainder of 2021.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that features interviews with the brightest minds in real estate and housing. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, an HW Media company, interviews three Florida Realtors leaders: Margy Grant, CEO of Florida Realtors®, Christina Pappas, president-elect of Florida Realtors and vice president of the Keyes Company, Miami, and Juana Watkins, Florida Realtors General Counsel. During the episode, they discuss the mismanagement of affordable housing trust funds in the state of Florida as well as a proposed constitutional amendment to make sure that these funds are used appropriately.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features the first-ever episode of Houses in Motion, a miniseries looking at real estate in the U.S. hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake. For our first episode, we discuss what’s in store for Houses in Motion and chat with HousingWire managing editor James Kleinmann about the U.S. Justice Department’s recent move to withdraw from a settlement agreement with the National Association of Realtors. We also interviewed Max Besbris, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “Upsold: Real Estate Agents, Prices and Neighborhood Inequality.” Besbris discusses the DOJ-NAR skirmish, and also takes a broader look at the economic incentives driving both real estate agents and consumers.

Continuing the Women of Influence podcast miniseries, this episode features 2020 HW Woman of Influence and Mr. Cooper Group Chief People and Communications Officer Kelly Ann Doherty. Within just three years at Mr. Cooper, Kelly Ann Doherty was promoted from senior vice president of corporate communications to the chief communications officer, a member of the executive team, and now serves as their chief people and communications officer. During the episode, she dives into her career growth and her thoughts on how to get more women and diversity in the industry, especially in prepositions of leadership. She also talks about the latest projects and initiatives that she is working on and passionate about, along with why she thinks it is important for people to find things outside of the office to support and serve in.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Origence’s Andrew Weiss, the senior vice president of mortgage origination platform strategy, and Brit Barker the vice president of enterprise solutions. During the episode, Weiss and Baker discuss Origence’s conception and discuss the importance of utilizing technology to deliver a better borrower and staff experience.The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Sarah Wheeler and produced by Alcynna Lloyd.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with Marc King, the president of Keller Williams. In this episode, King discusses how companies can best lead their teams during challenging times, and the importance of introducing meaningful change into their processes.HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses artificial intelligence tools in real estate and changing real estate brokerage competition due to an increase in consumer choices. Additionally, Murray shares some insight into current market observations from real estate brokerage leaders.

In today’s episode of HousingWire Daily, HousingWire Digital Media Manager Alcynna Lloyd is joined by Black Knight economist and Director of Market Research, Andy Walden. During the interview, the pair discuss Black Knight’s most recent forbearance report that indicates plans in forbearance have fallen under 2 million for the first time since April 2020. Walden also shares insight on how growth in the economy and the job market have contributed to more forbearance exits and the Biden Administration’s plan for extending the foreclosure ban until July 31st.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode continues the Women of Influence podcast miniseries. This episode features 2020 HW Woman of Influence and OJO Labs Chief Marketing Officer Karen Starns. She was also named a 2021 HousingWire Market Leader for her work transforming the fast-growing brand into a real estate powerhouse. Starns has more than 20 years of experience building two of the biggest names in consumer tech, Amazon and Microsoft, giving her a unique perspective on the tech developments in the real estate industry. During the episode, Starns shares her thoughts on the state of tech in the housing industry compared to other tech industries, addressing the idea that housing has been historically behind when it comes to tech.

In today’s HousingWire Daily episode, HousingWire Digital Media Manager Alcynna Lloyd joins HousingWire Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the hottest topics coming across HousingWire’s news desk. During the episode, the pair discuss current housing inventory levels, recent trends in forbearance, and the latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI). Additionally, they discuss the upcoming HousingWire Annual event and topics that the HousingWire editorial team is likely to cover in the week ahead.

Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily features an interview with Chris Clow, the editor of HousingWire’s newest acquisition Reverse Mortgage Daily. During the interview, Chris gives some background on himself, his work at Reverse Mortgage Daily and his plans for HousingWire. Additionally, he shares some insight on the current state of the reverse mortgage space and how it is faring under current market conditions.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with Jacob Channel, the senior economist analyst at LendingTree. In this episode, Channel examines the company’s latest migration report that highlights the top housing markets for homeowners that have recently moved. Channel also dives into new homebuyer trends and how home prices are impacting demand. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that features interviews with the brightest minds in real estate and housing. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, an HW Media company, interviews Guy Gal, the CEO and co-founder of Side Real Estate. During the episode, Gal discusses his company’s recent valuation at $2.5 billion, plans for breaking into new markets, and why a tech focused backend and white-label brand are vital to Side’s success.

Today's HousingWire Daily episode features the first episode of the Women of Influence podcast miniseries. Each Tuesday, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath interviews one of HousingWire's remarkable Women of Influence on their latest contributions to the industry, the women they look up to and how they're moving markets forward. The miniseries leads into the announcement of the 2021 HousingWire Women of Influence award winners, which will be announced on Aug. 1. This first episode features 2020 Woman of Influence Laura Grannemann, vice president of Strategic Investments at Rocket Community Fund, as she discusses how COVID-19 has starkly highlighted inequity in housing across the country.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Michael Iorio, senior division manager in joint venture at NewRez and Randy VandenHouten, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Shelter Mortgage. During the episode, Iorio and VandenHouten discuss the recent increase of joint ventures in the housing space and share what they believe makes a good joint venture partner.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses the CEO trap and the current housing shortage. Murray also shares some insight into what brokerage leaders need to know about the next big move in real estate technology.

In today’s HousingWire Daily episode, HousingWire Digital Media Manager Alcynna Lloyd interviews Geoff Green, the Global Head of Mortgage and Lending at Salesforce and Chris Backe, the Partner Solutions Director at ICE Mortgage Technology. During the episode, Green and Backe discuss how companies can improve the mortgage borrower experience in today’s digital economy. Additionally, they share some insight on ICE’s new tech innovation, Encompass Connector for Salesforce, and how financial institutions can effectively leverage it for consumer relationship management.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with Zillow Economist Matthew Speakman. In this episode, Speakman discusses the latest existing home sales report, which indicates that existing home sales are down for the fourth consecutive month, falling 0.9% from April to a seasonally-adjusted rate of 5.8 million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Additionally, he shares some insight into some of the potential challenges that homebuyers could face going into the summer months.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with HousingWire Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei. In this episode, Kromrei joins Housingwire Junior Digital Producer Victoria Jones to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision that found the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency unconstitutional and examines what the removal and replacement of former FHFA Director Mark Calabria could mean for the mortgage industry. Additionally, she also shares some insight on the FHFA’s new acting director, Sandra Thompson, and the Biden Administration’s long-term plan for the FHFA and GSEs.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with Parvesh Sahi, head of business and customer relations, at ICE Mortgage Technology. In this episode, Sahi, discusses the emerging need for correspondent lending digitization in the mortgage industry, especially as the market shifts in volume. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. This week, HousingWire’s Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews the client services manager at RealTrends, Liz Smith. During the episode, Smith discusses the 2021 RealTrends + Tom Ferry the Thousand and America’s Best Real Estate Professionals rankings.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, a HousingWire sister company, interviews Anthony Hitt, CEO and president of Engel & Völkers Americas. During the episode, Hitt discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest have affected global investment in U.S. real estate over the past year. Additionally, he also shares his expertise on global investment in the U.S. real estate market and gives some insight into who’s buying and strategies for building a global brokerage.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with the National Association of Home Builders Chief Economist Robert Dietz. In this episode, Dietz reviews the latest NAHB and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index and gives some insight into why homebuilder confidence fell to its lowest level since August 2020. Additionally, Dietz discusses how supply constraints and surging homebuyer demand have impacted inventory and shares his thoughts on what the housing industry needs to do to meet homebuilding demand.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with Holden Page, director of FinLedger, HW Media’s fintech-focused newsroom. In this episode, Page joins Housingwire Junior Digital Producer Victoria Jones to discuss the hottest topics coming across FinLedger’s news desk. During the episode, Page reviews small business banking startup Novo closing on a $40.7 million Series A and examines what this means for the online banking market. Additionally, Page discusses what’s happening in the proptech space and reviews some of the private market deals that have occurred over the past month.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with Brian Holland, the CEO, and founder of Atlantic Bay. In this episode, Holland discusses the importance of work-life balance in today's remote work environment HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Jennifer McGuinness, president of correspondent lending at Invigorate Finance. In this episode, McGuinness discusses the SFR model and her opinion on the investor vs owner mix when it comes to housing. Additionally, she touches on the vision for her newly launched company, as well as this year’s purchase market.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, shares his thoughts on how real estate brokerages can stay ahead of competition. Additionally, he also shares a book recommendation and gives some insight on why agent productivity is flat even though growth in the agent rankings is at an all-time high.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni. In this episode, Fratantoni reviews the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report on employment conditions and discusses how labor and supply constraints in the construction sector are impacting home buyers. Additionally, he also explains what the latest inflation report means for consumers and shares some insight into how the current job market is performing against economists’ predictions.

In today’s HousingWire Daily episode, HousingWire Junior Digital Producer Victoria Jones joins HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the hottest topics coming across HousingWire’s news desk. In this episode, Jones and Wheeler discuss why the Federal Housing Finance Agency is reviewing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executive compensation for the first time in nearly one decade. The pair also discuss HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami’s recent HW+ article which dives into the 10-year bond yield and examines inflation data and what it could mean for the housing market.

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Barry Habib, founder, and CEO of MBS Highway. Habib discusses how IMBS are dealing with increased competition and how mortgage lenders, like Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage, are dealing with squeezing margins. Additionally, he highlights the importance of the referral relationship in a hot purchase market, and whether or not the economy will face a recession in the years to come.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, a HousingWire sister company, interviews Dan Duffy, CEO of United Real Estate Group. During the episode, Duffy gives some insight into United Real Estate Group’s evolving business strategy, building profitable core services and more.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with 2021 HousingWire Rising Star Matt Jones, who formerly served as senior counsel for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and as senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. In this episode, Jones discusses his experience in aiding the creation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which was the government’s response to the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Victoria Jones.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an interview with Nationwide Senior Vice President and Chief Economist David Berson. In this episode, Berson reviews the latest home sales report from the U.S Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and examines the current state of the housing market.

In today’s HousingWire Daily episode, HousingWire Junior Digital Producer Victoria Jones joins HousingWire Managing Editor James Kleimann to discuss the hottest topics coming across HousingWire’s news desk. In this episode, Jones and Kleimann discuss the latest jobs report from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics and also examine why there has been an uptick in executive departures at Fannie Mae.