Last week’s jobs report missed estimates, but the overall picture is still very positive, with total unemployment at 3.9%. In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the jobs report and the significance of having both the unemployment rate and mortgage interest rates under 4%.
After a quiet holiday period the FHFA announced big news this week for those in mortgage. On Wednesday they hiked fees for high-balance and second-home loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, then rejected the long-awaited Duty to Serve plans from the GSEs. In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the news out of D.C. this week and how that impacts mortgage lending....
Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending. In this episode, Tracey Velt, editorial director at RealTrends , interviews Ryan Serhant, the founder of New York-based brokerage SERHANT. and the star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing: New York” and “Sell it Like Serhant.” Serhant came on the show to give his opinion on the iBuyer business model, discuss the future of real estate teams, and dispel any misconceptions that people might have about his brokerage....
For this week’s episode of Houses in Motion, which is part of HousingWire Daily, the founder of AVM testing company AVMetrics Lee Kennedy spoke with HousingWire real estate reporter Matthew Blake about the capabilities, limitations, and necessity of AVMs, as well as the complex data that goes into making decisions.
What’s 2022 got in store for those in origination and servicing? We unpack the uncertain future on today’s HousingWire Daily with guest Brena Nath, managing editor of HW+. In this episode of HousingWire Daily , Nath joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the predictive articles in the January issue of HousingWire magazine , which includes experts like the MBA’s Marina Walsh on the possibility of LO layoffs and what the latest forbearance exits mean for servicers....
Housing demand soared in 2021, putting upward pressure on home prices as homebuyers competed for scarce inventory. But Logan Mohtashami, HousingWire’s lead analyst, doesn’t think the run-up in prices means we’re due for a housing crash. In this episode of HousingWire Daily , Mohtashami joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to outline what was good, bad and actually excellent about the housing market in 2021. The two discuss Mohtashami’s 2021 end-of-year recap of the housing market, as well as his ...
This episode of HousingWire Daily is a crossover with RealTrending and features an interview with Robert Reffkin, the CEO of Compass. Reffkin looks back on Compass’ growth over the past decade and shares what he thinks will be the driving force behind the company moving forward, including a more agent-focused approach and the development of more core services. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper ...
The year 2021 is ending with the news that COVID infections are, again, on the rise nationally. What this means for real estate is more of the same, said Ken Johnson, a real estate economist at Florida Atlantic University , and that’s not a good thing. On this episode of Houses in Motion, part of HousingWire Daily , Johnson discussed with HousingWire Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake that the public’s and government response to COVID could mitigate plans to increase mortgage interest rates. Als...
Private label securitizations were on fire this year. Helped along early in 2021 by a GSE cap on investment properties, the private label market saw huge year-over-year increases. In today’s episode of HousingWire Daily , HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Senior Mortgage Reporter Bill Conroy, who covers the secondary mortgage market for HousingWire, on the rise of the private label market, the new conforming loan limits , and a recent report by Kroll Ratings on risky loan-revi...
In this episode of HousingWire Daily, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami on his 2022 forecast , discussing what we can expect over the next year and what has surprised him most as he looks at the data from last year. Mohtashami is one of the few experts predicting mortgage rates could actually go lower in 2022 based on the 10-year yield. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our...
Over the last several weeks we’ve seen layoffs of mortgage loan officers and other staff at Freedom Mortgage and Interfirst Mortgage, as well as a complete PR nightmare that resulted from Better.com laying off 900 staff members on a Zoom call. This week, Senior Mortgage Reporter Matthew Blake wrote about how Knock, a power buyer, announced it was going to cut LO salaries on Tuesday, then reversed course after hearing from its staff. On this episode of HousingWire Daily Editor in Chief Sarah Whee...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features another episode of the Preparing for What’s Next miniseries, sponsored by Black Knight and hosted by Managing Editor of Content Solutions Maleesa Smith. In today’s episode, Smith is joined by Julian Grey, executive vice president of Mortgage & Capital Markets Product Management at Black Knight, to conclude the miniseries and discuss what is next across multiple facets of the housing industry.
Frederick Peters started in real estate in 1980, and he began managing the family business, the Warburg Peters brokerage, in 1991. But New York real estate’s days of old - property listings written on file cards, agents tipping doormen to generate leads - has changed, and with it Peters’ brokerage. Realogy-owned Coldwell Banker bought the brokerage in October. Peters said his agents could not keep up with competitors absent the merger. For this episode of Houses in Motion, a podcast miniseries t...
Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues our Women of Influence series and features an interview with Christy Schwartz, the chief accounting officer at Opendoor. Schwartz joined us on the show today to discuss her role at Opendoor and how she found herself in the industry. Additionally, she shares a glimpse behind the scenes of Opendoor’s going public last year and some of the unexpected things about doing the entire process remotely....
Today’s HousingWire Daily continues the Rundown miniseries, hosted by HousingWire’s Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wheeler and featuring Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami. In this episode, Mohtashami discusses homebuilders and the all-time lows in housing inventory. Mohtashami also discusses inflation growth and how the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool down the economy will impact mortgage rates. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features a sponsored Reggora episode, hosted by HousingWire’s managing editor of Content Solutions, Maleesa Smith. In today’s episode, Smith is joined by Brian Zitin, CEO and co-founder of Reggora, to discuss what 2022 has in store for appraisals. 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. H...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features another episode of the Preparing for What’s Next miniseries, sponsored by Black Knight and hosted by Managing Editor of Content Solutions Maleesa Smith. In today’s episode, Smith is joined by Michael Saccento, senior director of product management, advisory & data science products at Black Knight, as well as Richard Lombardi, senior vice president of data strategy & innovation at Black Knight, to discuss what the future holds for real-time data and anal...
For this episode of Houses in Motion, a podcast series that is part of HousingWire Daily , real estate reporter Matthew Blake interviewed Howard “Hoby” Hanna IV, grandchild of the founder of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services , a brokerage founded in Pittsburgh 64 years ago. They discuss the current level of competition in real estate, and operating a modern brokerage and Hanna was candid about where his brokerage, a private company, generates revenue and how it manages costs and operations of it...
Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues our Women of Influence series and features an interview with Vanessa Famulener, the president of homes at HomeLight. During the interview, Famulener discusses what she and her team at HomeLight plan to do with its new $363 million funding round and how it found success in its cash offer program launch. Additionally, she shares her thoughts on where home prices, competition, and bidding wars are heading as the market moves into a new year....
Today’s HousingWire Daily continues the Rundown miniseries, hosted by HousingWire’s Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wheeler and Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami. In this episode, Mohtashami discusses what the jobs data, changes in the bond market, and the Omicron variant could mean for housing. Mohtashami also explains why he doesn’t expect mortgage rates to rise in 2022, and why he’s raised his first recession warning flag. HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Ea...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending. In this episode, Tracey Velt, editorial director at RealTrends , a HousingWire sister company, interviews Tommie Wehrle, who is the co-chair of the LGBTQ+ REALPRIDE Realogy employee group, a Coldwell Banker Realty instructor and broker-associate, and member of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. During the episode, Wehrle discusses some of the common issues encountered when serving the LGBTQ+ community and how to combat them ...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features another episode of the Preparing for What’s Next miniseries, sponsored by Black Knight and hosted by Managing Editor of Content Solutions, Maleesa Smith. In today’s episode, Smith is joined by Mike Sklarz, managing director of the collateral analytics division of Black Knight, and Damien Weldon, vice president of real estate analytics at Black Knight, to discuss what’s next in the valuations space....
What shifts happening in real estate today will change how homes are bought and sold? And which disruptions will be forgotten five years from now? For this episode of Houses in Motion, part of HousingWire Daily , HousingWire real estate reporter Matthew Blake posed those questions to Shaival Shah, the CEO of Ribbon , a New York City company that, up to now, has been giving cash loans to prospective homebuyers in half-a-dozen southern states. Ribbon is a “power buyer,” meaning that they facilitat...
Today’s HousingWire Daily continues the Rundown miniseries, hosted by HousingWire’s editor-in-chief Sarah Wheeler and lead analyst Logan Mohtashami. In this episode, Mohtashami discusses how the new COVID variant, Omicron , will impact inflation and whether or not it will send mortgage rates lower. Mohtashami also discusses his HW+ article that examines the latest pending home sales report that shows a big beat of estimates. According to him, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears ...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features a sponsored Fannie Mae episode, hosted by HousingWire’s managing editor of Content Solutions Maleesa Smith. In today’s episode, Smith is joined by Steve Holden, Vice President of Single-Family Analytics at Fannie Mae, to discuss what lenders can do to help more renters become homeowners. 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...
The twofold problems with residential real estate appraisers have become well-established . One is an array of well-publicized stories of appraisers undervaluing a home because the homeowner is Black. The other, arguably related issue, is that the ranks of U.S. appraisers are perilously thin and the profession is dominated by white men, whose average age is 61, according to the Appraisal Institute. In this episode of Houses in Motion, a series that is part of the HousingWire Daily podcast lineup...
Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues our Women of Influence series and features an interview with Katie Johnson, the chief member experience officer and general counsel at the National Association of Realtors. During the interview, Johnson talks about her start in the real estate industry and her surprising path to the NAR general counsel after only six years at the organization. She also shares her teams’ COVID-19 preparedness response and their efforts to demystify NAR’s professional...
Today’s HousingWire Daily begins the Rundown miniseries, hosted by HousingWire’s editor-in-chief Sarah Wheeler and lead analyst Logan Mohtashami. In this episode, Mohtashami discusses his latest HW+ article that examines the National Association of Realtors’ existing home sales report that indicates sales grew 0.8% in October. According to Mohtashami, this growth is above his trend sales peak of 6.2 million, meaning existing home sales are now outperforming as demographics remain strong in 2021....
Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrends’ podcast RealTrending , which showcases the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses the real estate crisis in China and the implications it could have for the U.S. real estate industry and governmental regulations. He also shares some of the recent innovations in financing services and, additionally, how relationships are still t...
Today’s HousingWire Daily features another episode of the Preparing for What’s Next miniseries, sponsored by Black Knight and hosted by Assistant Editor of Content Solutions Jordan White. In today’s episode, White is joined by Andy Walden, Vice President of market research at Black Knight, and Conrad Ficca, Vice President of Loan Data Products, also known as McDash, to discuss what’s coming next as borrowers leave forbearance.
