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For today's episode, we are bringing to the Housing News audience first a very special announcement about an acquisition that we've made at HW Media that is going to be really transformative across the HW Media brand and the housing news industry. We are really excited to bring on the CEO of the business who is joining our leadership team to help build out this mission, Mike Simonsen of Altos Research. This episode is a very special behind-the-scenes look into a conversation between Mike and Clayton about Altos's housing data and analytics and how the partnership will help housing professionals be more impactful and more efficient. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

For today's episode, we have Josip Rupena, the founder and CEO of Milo, a mortgage lender that's focused on serving foreign buyers in the US as well as offering a crypto-backed mortgage product. Clayton and Josip talk about the background of crypto-backed mortgages and exactly how they work with backing the purchase of real estate. They also go into some of the crypto risks that are created and intersected by the rapid changes in the US housing market amid the downfall of BlockFi and FTX. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team

In today's episode, Clayton had a fantastic opportunity to talk with fellow entrepreneur and operator in the mortgage ecosystem, John Paasonen, the co-founder and CEO at Maxwell. Clayton and John do a deep dive into the evolution of Maxwell over the years, from the strategies that were involved on day one and the parts where his clients helped pull the company forward. With Maxwell being at the forefront of a lot of mortgage ecosystem innovation and adoption, he also shares a handful of tips on how to end up on top during an industry cycle. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today, Clayton interviews Dr. Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist of Bright MLS. They cover everything from economic data to innovations in mortgage lending, valuation trends in the real estate brokerage industry, and market data local to Bright as well as national trends. But, most importantly, we hope you'll tune in and stay for the whole episode as Lisa provides her predictions for the 2023 market, including her forecast for interest rates and home prices. Enjoy the episode!Check out the CMBA's webinar, "Fannie Mae Calibrations Overview & How to Prepare," featuring Kristin Broadley, the Chief Innovation Officer at QC Ally, here.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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

For today's episode of the Housing News Podcast, we're bringing you the audio version of an interview featuring Clayton and the CEO of Rook Capital, Ed Messman, who talks about some of the innovative solutions to the home affordability crisis. Clayton and Ed's conversation helps lay a great backdrop to the affordability challenge that our country is currently facing and how that challenge impacts both mortgage and real estate professionals across the country. They also go into some of today's innovative market solutions that are not only helping homeowners afford homes but also helping mortgage and real estate professionals best serve their borrowers and referral partners.Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today's episode, we sit down with Scot Rose, the Chief Innovation Officer at Class Valuation to talk about the way that some lenders are adopting technology around their appraisal evaluation processes that will prepare them to innovate on the other side of this turbulent market. Clayton and Scot unpack some of the things that Class Valuation is building that'll help drive business, as we're seeing market uncertainty put a lot of people on the sidelines, and only the most strategic players are still focused on the horizon. They also talked about some of their inorganic strategies of how they're looking at other AMC and tech acquisitions to propel the business forward. Scott gives a real glimpse into how he thinks the future appraisal will look and how the term "appraisal modernization" might become less prominent in the future. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today, we welcome Willie Newman, the president and CEO of Homepoint, to the Housing News podcast!In this episode, Clayton and Willie talk about navigating market cycles, building more resilient mortgage banks with better technology and workflows, and ensuring the IMBs are staffed and resourced properly and efficiently for today's lower volume. Listen in to this playbook conversation for industry executives and professionals that have their eye on the horizon and aren't afraid to use a housing market cycle to win in the long term!Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today we're joined by Eddy Perez, the CEO and president of Equity Prime Mortgage and committee member and board member of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Eddy brings to the table some really great information about how leaders can get involved in the MBA and other organizations across the industry and how they can really make an impact in the broader housing economy outside of their own operations.Clayton and Eddy also unpack some of the challenges that come with running your own business or team, having KPIs you have to meet —especially in a market like this — all while still finding the time and resources to get back to building long-term careers in the housing industry.Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today's guest Nima Wedlake, a Principal at Thomvest Ventures, Board Observer at LoanSnap, recognized as one of the 2020 Rising Stars of Fintech VC by Business Insider, and much more! As a man who wears many hats in the industry, Nima brings a ton of value to this conversation by talking through the Tomvest investment strategy and the portfolio that he is currently betting on in the real estate tech, proptech and fintech markets. Clayton and Nima also hit on a few other really important topics happening in the wake of the current real estate and mortgage ecosystem, including a potential wave of rapid new company formation and how that can impact fintech and proptech strategies. They also talked about the bifurcation of capital and this new development of thinking about both Opco capital and propco capital.Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today's episode focuses on the entrepreneurial side of loan quality, quality control and audit services. We welcome to the show some of the leadership behind QC Ally, formerly known as Inco-Check, including Nicole Booth, the Chief Marketing Officer, Donna Gibson, the Chief Operating Officer & President, and Mike Detwiler, a partner at QC Ally. Clayton talks to the group about Inco-Check's recent acquisition and the subsequent rebrand to QC Ally, some of the different growth drivers that they're currently seeing — including M&As — as well as what's next for QC Ally and how they intend to shake up and innovate in the quality control ecosystem. We hope the episode shines some light onto some of the important topics that might make you change your view on QC and audit as not a cost center but potentially more of a revenue center for your mortgage banking businesses.Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today we have two phenomenal guests talk about a collaboration on artificial intelligence in the correspondent lending world: Rich Gagliano, the President of Origination Technologies for Black Knight and Tom Wind, the Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending at U.S. Bank.Rich and Tom sit down to talk with Clayton about this collaboration that aims to build more efficient origination processes, but they also talk about their own unique challenges and opportunities as they build both their respective businesses forward. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Dave Miller, the Executive Vice President of Business Development at Cenlar, to the Housing News podcast to talk about servicing and just how important it is in today's market. Dave and Clayton talk about how Cenlar has evolved over the decades to become the largest sub-servicer in the country. They also discuss some of the dynamics that originators and real estate professionals need to understand about the servicing world, and what services are going to be better for partners and provide a better experience to homeowners and their origination clients. Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today we give a very warm welcome to Desmond Smith, the Chief Growth Officer at United Wholesale Mortgage to the Housing News podcast!Clayton and Desmon talk about how his career — which has spanned multiple institutions across the mortgage industry, including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Fannie Mae — has shaped the way he currently operates as a mortgage executive at UWM. He also jumps into how the past year has shaped both his personal and professional goals, how he leads day-to-day and how his strategy to grow the broker channel is coming to fruition.Enjoy the episode!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today, Clayton welcomes the SVP and GM of Equifax Mortgage and Housing, Craig Crabtree, onto the Housing News podcast. Craig has an incredible background as a mortgage lender, which led him to his career as a GM at Equifax.Clayton and Craig spend a lot of time talking about different credit data sources — from rent data to utility credit data — which Equifax is currently bringing to market as a new and unique data field that lenders can leverage outside of their traditional credit reporting box. They also go into how Equifax and other credit bureaus are leveraging automation to help lenders be more efficient amid the margin tightening that is happening all across the industry. Enjoy the episode!Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

We are back for the third and final part of our three-part series focused on affordable housing and increasing accessibility of homeownership!Today, we welcome Montell Watson to the show! Montell is the Director of Diversity Lending and Strategic Partnerships at Movement Mortgage. He and Clayton walk through his career in mortgage lending and helping Movement launch their Consumer Direct division. They also go into some of the initiatives that he has spearheaded over the years, including Grab the Key, some HBCU partnerships, and other community-based lending strategies. Montel also gives a glimpse into some other of the challenges and opportunities happening right now at Movement Mortgage, including originator recruitment, acquisition of a mortgage brokerage, servicing loans during COVID, and much more! Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week we're back for episode two in our three-part series focused on expanding access to homeownership, the impact on potential homeowners and homebuyers as well as the economic benefits for our broader economy.And on today's episode, Clayton sits down with Shaival Shah, the co-founder and CEO of Ribbon. They do a deep dive into the power buyer business model, or as Shaival likes to say, the "cash buyer model" and how this cash buyer model is helping to enable new families and new homeowners to access and unlock homeownership and create wealth. Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

We are dropping a special —and very timely — bonus episode looking at the state property of insurance in Florida in light of Hurricane Ian that hit Florida this past week. Today, Clayton is joined by Ryan Letzeiser, the CEO and co-founder of Obie, to talk about all the challenges that the state of Florida has when it relates to property and flood insurance and how hurricanes and other coastal weather patterns are currently impacting and going to impact the insurance market in the future.Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike. HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida. HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.-----For more information how how mortgage servicers should prepare for hurricane season, check out this white paper from ServiceLink. ----- 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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week we are kicking off a three-part series that's focused on helping mortgage originators and mortgage banks better serve historically underserved communities and expand access to homeownership. The series is going to cover both the impact on these potential homeowners and homebuyers as well as the economic benefits for the mortgage lending market and our broader economy.For the first installment, Clayton got a chance to sit down with AJ Barkley, the head of Neighborhood and Community Lending at Bank of America during our HousingWire Annual event. They talk about the state of housing affordability and AJ's path to helping mortgage banks expand access to underserved communities.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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week, Clayton sits down with Mike Simonsen, the founder and CEO at Altos Research to discuss the age-old housing question: how's the market? They go into the leading data points to better understand what to expect in terms of housing inventory, how mortgage rates impact home sales and some of the data that is often misunderstood.They also talk about the relationship between the rental market and the home sales market and how professionals across the ecosystem can build their businesses to be successful in this very challenging market. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week, Clayton had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Bill Lyons, the CEO at Griffin Funding and an incredible entrepreneur in the real estate and mortgage and space, even appearing on Shark Tank with Revestor, a real estate search engine for homebuyers and investors. They discuss Bill's entrepreneurial ventures, his founding and building of Griffin Funding, and how his experience on Shark Tank has impacted his journey as a mortgage executive. Bill is going to be speaking at our Vanguard Forum as HousingWire Annual, which is a C-suite gathering of mortgage real estate and technology professionals across the housing ecosystem, so be sure to check it out!Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week, Clayton is coming to your feed live from the Blueprint proptech and real estate conference in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. He had the opportunity to sit down in person and talk to Rick Sharga, the Executive Vice President at ATTOM, and Nate Smoyer, the Head of Marketing at Obie as well as the host of the Tech Nest Podcast. The three of them talk about what they learned and took away from the Blueprint conference, and how the market is impacting the decisions being made by prop-tech, mortgage tech, and real estate companies.Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

Today, on this sponsored episode, Clayton is joined by two product and technology leaders from Radian: Mark Wai, the EVP & Group CTO and Sawan Tivakaran, the SVP of titlegenius by Radian. The three of them talk about how technology adoption innovation has drastically changed in the housing industry in the last several years. They also discuss blockchain, some of its real-world applications and what types of innovations titlegenius by Radian is bringing to the market, Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

In this week's episode, Clayton is joined by Tyler Okland, a facial reconstructive surgeon by day and an Opendoor analyst by night. He's also the founder of Datadoor.io a real estate analytics platform that focuses specifically on iBuyer data.Clayton and Tyler go deep on all things Opendoor, from their business model, their Zillow partnership, and their interactions with the Federal Trade Commission. They also dive into what the industry and investors can expect in the coming quarters from both iBuyers and Opendoor. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

In this week's episode, Clayton is joined by Rick Arvielo, the CEO of New American Funding. Rick runs New American Funding along with his wife, Patty Arvielo, who is the president; between the two of them, they have almost 60 years in the mortgage industry, 20 of those running New American Funding. Clayton and Rick talk about all things mortgage banking, the background of New American Funding, and what Rick has learned over the two decades of building this business with the call center model. They also discuss launching distributed retail, retaining servicing, building in-house technology, working with partners, and much, much more! Rick really gives a full glimpse as to the behind-the-scenes of running New American Funding, so be sure to stick around. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets!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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

In this week's episode, Clayton is joined by one of the most well-versed individuals in mortgage servicing, Courtney Thompson. Courtney, who is also one of our 2022 Women of Influence, is the founder of Consigliera and currently resides as the chief product officer at Sagent. She has spent the majority of her career on the "inside" of mortgage servicing, but now she has found herself in the fintech and proptech space.During their talk, she provides some excellent perspectives on managing servicing and technology through multiple market cycles They also talk about MSRs, the relationship between origination, servicing, and secondary markets, and, finally, the hurdles to incredible technology adoption. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

In this week's episode, Clayton is joined by the VP of Marketing and Communications at EscrowTab, Amy Moses. Being one of our 2022 Marketing Leaders, Amy is also somewhat of an "eClosing influencer" by being one of the first marketers to develop substantial thought leadership and education for eClosings and eNotes, increasing their popularity by over 150% across many parts of the industry.Clayton talks to Amy about her journey for advocacy and education work for eClosings over the years, the current state of adoption, and where the industry still has to go to overcome the many knowledge barriers that eClosings still face. They also delve into her "Moses' Musings" about the industry and her top tips on how to best maximize your time at conferences. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

This week features a special crossover episode of our sister podcast, HousingWire Daily, which is hosted by our Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler and features HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami. They talk about the broader housing economics, mortgage rate volatility and whether or not he thinks lower rates will bring housing out of a recession. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch and Dalton Johnson.

For this week’s episode, Clayton is joined by Lucas Haldeman, the CEO of SmartRent. In a bit of a turn from our usual content, this episode dives into all things rental market. Clayton and Lucas discuss rental trends and market health across the United States and how it reflects in the overall housing ecosystem. They also talk about Lucas’s entrepreneurial journey and how SmartRent was able to go public in the four short years since its founding. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here and use code "podcast20" for 20% off tickets! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch and Dalton Johnson.

For this week's episode, Clayton is joined in the studio with industry veteran John Burns, the CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Before founding John Burns Real Estate Consulting back in 2001, John worked for several years at a national consulting firm and several more at KPMG. During the episode, two dive into how his consulting business got started, the types of clients being served, and some of the research and consulting work that's driving change in the housing ecosystem. They also go into some of the economic insights that John and his team are advising people on to prepare their businesses to excel through the upcoming cycle. Enjoy the episode!Join us for HousingWire Annual October 3rd - 5th, 2022 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Register here! 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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch and Dalton Johnson.

On this week's episode, HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins is joined by the President of Incenter Appraisal Management, Mark Walser, and the President of Incenter Agency Solutions & Enterprise Business Strategy, TJ Harrington. As well as the CEO for Real Estate Consortia, Teresa Grobecker. The quartet discuss the partnership between Incenter and Real Estate Consortia, the blockchain, certified listings and more.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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch and Dalton Johnson

On today's episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by the Chief Innovation Officer at Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang, Dave Savage, as well as the Experience.com VP of Strategy Kristen Messerli. The three dive into a discussion on the current state of the mortgage industry. Dave and Kristen discuss their recently released "half-time report" of 2022, some of the trends the industry is seeing this year, the challenges the industry has to overcome and more. 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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch and Dalton Johnson.

Coming to you from the Gathering of Eagles conference in Colorado Springs, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with HousingWire and HW Media’s own Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Wheeler. Clayton and Sarah discuss her role as editor in chief, as well as some of the key learnings from the Gathering of Eagles and other news stories crossing the HousingWire newsroom desk this week. 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 Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch.

Coming to you this week – a little over three years to the day since his last appearance on the show – is Phil Treadwell. Phil is a market leader at Thrive Mortgage where he leads the BREW team in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is also the host of the Mortgage Marketing Expert podcast. The last time he appeared on the show the discussion centered on mortgage marketing in a low-rate environment. Now in a distinctly different (savagely unhealthy) market, Treadwell and HW Media CEO Clayton Collins focus their conversation on the opposite: mortgage marketing in a high-interest rate environment. Enjoy the episode!

This week, just as the Federal Reserve hikes its benchmark rate in the biggest move since 1994, HousingWire’s Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joins HW Media CEO Clayton Collins to give the rundown on the relationship between the Fed's fund rate and mortgage interest rates. They also discuss some of the misconceptions between the two, other highlights of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and what market predictions can be gleaned from the data. Enjoy the episode!

Today is a very special edition of the Housing News podcast as we gathered people from all across the HW Media team to bring you a mid-year update on different sectors in the housing industry. Clayton first sits down with HousingWire Managing Editor James Kleimann to talk about inventory and loan originator sentiment. Then, HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joins to talk mortgage rates and application trends. Reporter Connie Kim brings a look at consumer sentiment and RealTrends Editorial Director Tracey Velt follows with real estate broker and agent sentiment from RealTrends’ BrokerPulse survey. Finally, we wrap with HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler as she talks builder sentiment courtesy of data from John Burns Real Estate Consulting and the National Association of Home Builders. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Today, on this sponsored episode, our Housing News guest is Austin Niemiec, the Executive Vice President at Rocket Pro TPO. Niemiec joined HW Media CEO Clayton Collins talk about new and upcoming trends in the housing market, especially among originators. They also discuss shifting consumer expectations, how to prepare buyers for a competitive market and mortgage product innovation!

Today, our Housing News guest is Karl Jacob, the CEO and co-founder of LoanSnap. Jacob joined HW Media CEO Clayton Collins a few weeks back to talk about blockchain cryptocurrencies and NFTs in likely our most well-informed discussion on the subject to date. They discuss how the blockchain and NFTs are fitting into the mortgage ecosystem, how consumers should expect to see the symbiotic relationship grow and how LoanSnap is leading the charge. The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage and real estate. Each week a new mortgage, real estate or proptech executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by Elissa Branch.

This week’s Housing News guest is Bill Dallas, most recently President of Finance of America Mortgage, a role he left in March of this year. Dallas has also been behind the founding and managing of more than a dozen mortgage and financial tech companies over the past 40 years, including Skyline Homes, OwnIt and New Leaf. Dallas joined HW Media CEO Clayton Collins to talk about the current state of the mortgage banking industry, especially as compared to previous cycles. They also talk about how the “great reset” of the mortgage lending industry is quickly approaching in Q2 of this year.

Today’s guest is the Founder and Execetive Chairman of loanDepot, Anthony Hsieh. Following loanDepot’s first-quarter earnings call this past Tuesday, Hsieh joins HW Media CEO Clayton Collins to talk about how those in the mortgage industry should expect to weather through a painful – but necessary – cycle. Bringing with him decades of mortgage experience, Hsieh shares how to strategically play both offense and defense in quickly shifting market conditions. Collins and Hsieh also talk about the evolution of loanDepot’s mello division, how vertical integration plays into the convergence of real estate financing and services and much more!

We are dropping an extra-special episode in your feed this morning for a crossover with the Tom Ferry Podcast Experience! HW Media CEO Clayton Collins and Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler joined Tom Ferry in his Dallas studio last month to guest star on an episode of the Tom Ferry Podcast Experience. The three of them talk about every topic that should be top of mind right now, like rates, inventory, inflation, the housing bubble and much more. They also dissect the question everyone is asking as rates rise: did I miss the chance to buy a house?

This week’s episode is a special crossover with HousingWire sister brand RealTrends on their RealTrending podcast. RealTrends Editorial Director Tracey Velt interviews Rob Hahn, aka Notorious Rob, of 7DS Associates, a Las Vegas-based real estate consulting firm. They discuss home prices and what brokers should do to remain market-proof and his take on the commission lawsuits. Hahn also shares his opinion on the future of the commodified brokerage.

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by Ron Turner, President of Tri Pointe Connect to talk give a breakdown of the current state of the housing market and how Tri Pointe Connect’s status as an affiliated lender with Tri Pointe Homes gives them a unique opportunity into new inventory being built all across the country. The pair also about other hot topics in the space, including mortgage rates, supply and demand and home price appreciation.

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by Miriam Moore, the Division President at Default Services at ServiceLink to talk about their most recent State of Homebuying Report, which looks at how prospective homebuyers are viewing and making decisions in the current market. The pair talk about how buyers are using technology, emerging demographics, home price appreciation, and the interesting role that auction is beginning to play in today's hot market.

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined in person by Qualia CEO and founder Nate Baker at Qualia’s Future of Real Estate Summit last week in Austin, Texas. Their discussion centered around the prevailing theme of the conference: connectivity. They talk about the importance of a connected and streamlined transaction in a rapidly changing industry and how Qualia fits into the process. They also discuss new moves in technology innovation and M&As!

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by the Director of Research, Managing Principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Rick Palacios to discuss the findings of their most recent Home Builder Survey. The pair walk through some of the economic headwinds that prospective buyers are facing amid the lack of inventory, rising rates, and inflation. They also dive into how the market is faring on the construction side, with high material costs still impacting building prices.

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by Chris Griffith, owner of Debt Does Deals, a Texas-based mortgage brokerage firm and Founder of Vetted VA, a company dedicated to providing homeownership resources to veterans. The pair compare VA loans to more conventional loan products and dive into Vetted VA’s recently published whitepaper that aims to debunk VA myths and demystify the VA loan process.

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by the CEO of the nation's largest wholesale and purchase lender, Mat Ishbia of United Wholesale Mortgage. The pair discuss how UWM is faring amid a turbulent market, the outlook for their brokers in a rapidly changing rate environment, and the future of UWM’s Appraisal Direct program. They also dive into some upcoming trends and Mat shares his predictions for the 2022 market, including new products on the horizon, potential challengers for originators and much more!

This week’s episode of Housing News is a special episode that features last month’s HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast event. The event included notable economists and analysts from across the housing industry, including HousingWire’s Senior Analyst Logan Mohtashami, CoreLogic’s Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp, Mortgage Bankers Association’s VP of Industry Analysis Research and Economic Marina Walsh, Zillow’s Senior Economist Jeff Tucker, and Maxwell’s VP, Sadie Gurley. Each guest brought a uniquely different perspective to the panel, with some choosing to focus on overvaluation and home appreciation and others highlighting highs and lows in markets across the country. Be sure to stick around for the end of the episode, which features an updated discussion between HW Media CEO Clayton Collins and Logan Mohtashami to share what has and has not changed since February! Check out the full virtual event here, which includes the visual presentations from our guests and a Q&A segment!

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by Patrick Burns and Pat Kinsel, founders and CEOS of Spruce and Notarize, respectively. Both of these companies, which are featured in this year’s Tech100 mortgage winners, are among those paving the way for digital mortgage innovation. The three discuss each company’s journey and current partnership, hurdles amid regulation of RON and digital closing legislation, and what the future holds for digital mortgage transactions. They also discuss the pros and cons of in-house innovation versus acquisition, especially for large players in the industry. Check out this year’s Tech100 winners here!

In this week’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins is joined by keynote speaker Rene Rodriguez, the CEO of Volentum and founder of the AMPLIFII coaching and leadership advising program. Rene’s unique background in applied behavioral science gives him a special approach to the program, which has helped over 100,000 people across many industries. Rene and Clayton walk through building a personal brand through technology as work and personal life blur, his journey through the mortgage industry, and his passion for helping sales professionals grow. He also shares event details for his upcoming AMPCon!