HousingWire Daily

On today’s episode, RealTrends Editorial Director Tracey Velt talks with HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath about the release of the February 2022 HousingWire Magazine issue, the first issue of the year. Focusing on the biggest trends to watch, the issue unpacks what’s happening in the servicing space and the biggest challenges heading into the New Year, along with what this means for compliance and r...

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the latest jobs report, which beat expectations. In addition, Mohtashami also recaps what to expect from the 10-year yield and mortgage rates.

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about earnings season and how lenders are faring as refi volume falls. The two also discuss the profitability of title companies and the challenges homebuilders are facing.

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei about the Fannie Mae executive that FHFA Director Mark Calabria wanted to give a $250K bonus to, and the feedback that consumer and mortgage industry leaders gave to FHA on its draft defect taxonomy.

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Tracey Velt, the editorial director at RealTrends, about the trend toward real estate in the metaverse as well as cryptocurrency being used in luxury real estate.

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Reporter Brooklee Han on the real estate stories she’s covering, including the latest on the relocation trend, what’s happening in unlikely hot housing markets like Columbus, Ohio, and the doxing saga involving the Miami mansion of TechCrunch Co-Founder Michael Arrington.  

In today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the latest new home sales report and what it means for 10-year bond yields to stay below 2%. The pair also discuss how the economies of Japan and Germany might have more effect on the U.S. housing market than you think.

In this edition of HousingWire Daily, HousingWire managing editor James Kleimann joins Sarah Wheeler to give a weekly wrap-up of just some of the great stories coming out of the HW Media newsroom. The pair discuss a number of topics including mortgage rates, UWM’s unveiling of appraisal credits for borrowers, and Caliber’s CEO stepping down. 

In this episode, Reverse Mortgage Daily Editor Chris Clow joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss how the reverse mortgage industry is still battling dated perceptions of its value to seniors and how that plays out in state regulations.

Today’s episode is a sponsored episode brought to you by First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. The episode is hosted by HousingWire’s managing editor of Content Solutions, Maleesa Smith, and features First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation’s Paul Jones, SVP of non-QM production and development, as well as Tom Davis, EVP and head of TPO production. During the episode, Jones and Davis share their outlook...

In today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Bill Conroy about investor interest in the ESG market, the incredible number of new private-label securitization deals so far this year, and Freedom Mortgage’s dominance of the MSR market.

In today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami on what’s happening in the bond market and how that affects mortgage rates. Mohtashami also discusses what to make of the most recent existing home sales and housing starts reports.

In today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei on the week’s hottest stories, including the punishment regulators gave LOs for faking continuing ed credits, new recommendations for Duty to Serve plans from the GSEs, the change in desktop appraisals and more!

What kinds of disruptors should we start to expect in a constantly evolving real estate industry? In this episode of HousingWire Daily, we’re featuring a crossover with the RealTrending podcast, where RealTrends Editorial Director Tracey Velt sits down with Lane Hornung, the CEO and founder of 8Z Real Estate and proptech company zavvie to discuss the future of real estate and how brokerages should...

Last week, lawyers for PLS.com and the National Association of Realtors had oral arguments in front of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel about whether NAR’s ban on pocket listings, which are listings not posted on the Multiple Listings Service, violates antitrust law. PLS.com claimed that their product – high-end listings strewn across the country – was effectively ruined by NAR requiring its 1...

Technology plays a larger role than ever in real estate and mortgage, and the HousingWire Tech Trendsetters recognizes leaders in technology across the housing industry. In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath about this year’s Tech Trendsetters and the tech themes that are new this year.

Housing inventory is at all-time lows as we gear up for the spring homebuying season. In this episode of Housing Wire Daily, Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joins Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to discuss the current inventory crisis and what, if anything, can slow down housing demand.

In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sits down with three of our reporters to talk about a wide range of topics, from Guaranteed Rate’s decision to close Stearns Wholesale to the non-QM lenders who are hiring and the very hot housing market of Rochester, New York. 

The last week has seen a flurry of big real estate news. In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Tracey Velt, editorial director at RealTrends, about real estate M&A, the shakeup in leadership at RE/MAX, the drama over buyer agent commissions, and more.

One of real estate’s biggest stories of the new year is that luxury real estate group Douglas Elliman has broken off from the Vector Group and is now its own publicly-traded company.  For this episode of HousingWire Daily, Douglas Elliman CEO Scott Durkin spoke with HousingWire real estate reporter Matthew Blake about the luxury brokerage’s decision to break away from Vector, whether Wall Street p...

Even while COVID variants affect everything from school closings to supply chains, demand for housing remains unabated. In a rapidly changing environment, what should those in real estate and mortgage expect as far as housing inventory, mortgage rates, home prices and more? In this episode of HousingWire Daily, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler and HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discuss articles by ec...

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 o...

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...

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.