New Home Insights Podcast

Lisa Parrish, who has led the industry’s design awards judging for the last 30 years (along with her husband and her father), provides a wealth of information in this podcast. At this year’s Gold Nuggets Awards show alone, she reviewed more than 600 applications in 49 categories.

John Burns explains why he believes new home sales and construction have “run out of steam,” at levels many deem to be too low. Dean and John also discuss successful pivots some companies have made this cycle.

Dan Parolek from Opticos Design shares his insight on a term he coined, "missing middle housing," which he defines to be the range of housing types between or in the middle of detached single-family homes and mid-rise buildings.

Dean Wehrli interviews Offerpad co-founder Jerry Coleman to understand why the new, highly disruptive home-selling option known as iBuyers (instant buyers) has emerged so quickly.

Lesley Deutch and Ken Perlman join host Dean Wehrli to discuss the huge shifts occurring in the rental market.

The 2019 spring selling season is here. Enjoy Jody Kahn, Devyn Bachman, and host Dean Wehrli as they bring you the most insightful clarity on new home sales you will find anywhere. For those of you who are not clients, enjoy this taste of what our clients receive all year long. Disclaimer: This episode was recorded in April 2019.

Two self-described “Designistas,” Megan Eltringham from The New Home Company and Matt Sauls from Pardee Homes (TRI Pointe Group) share their thoughts on the payoff for spending the time and money to design great homes.

In this episode of our podcast Will Duderstadt, VP of Digital Marketing at M/I Homes, brings clarity to effective digital marketing strategies.

In this podcast, our consulting leaders Dean Wehrli, Lesley Deutch, and Pete Reeb provide tremendous insight on the rising incentives required to sell a home today.

In our latest podcast episode, Sidney Pell shares what Baby Boomer execs need to change to sell and rent more home homes to Millennials.

The home building industry is rapidly changing in some very exciting ways. In part two of our CR Herro interview, we discuss the new technologies that are allowing homes to be built better than ever and the adoption of smart home technology.

In our latest episode, CR Herro the Vice President of Innovation at Meritage Homes, articulates changes coming to the new home industry. In part one of a two part series, Dean and CR discuss the impact of building energy efficient homes.

Margaret Whelan, an industry investment banker who has successfully raised money for several innovative housing companies, explains why this time is going to be different with respect to off-site construction.

Dallas Tanner, the Chief Executive Officer who co-founded Invitation Homes in 2012 and has grown it to be the landlord for more than 80,000 rental homes across the United States, shares with us the future of rental homes.

In episode 9 of our podcast, Dean discusses the state of smart home technology with Todd Tomalak, Senior Vice President at John Burns Real Estate Consulting.

In episode 8 of our podcast, Dean Wehrli interviews Alaina Money, the CEO and Founder of Garman Homes, about her journey into her leadership role within the housing industry.

In episode 7 of our podcast, Dean Wehrli interviews Consulting Principal, Ken Perlman, about the most successful amenity trends he is seeing around the country.

In episode 6 of our podcast, Dean Wehrli interviews one of our Consumer Insights leaders, Steve Burch, about changing community amenities.

In episode 5 of our podcast, consulting leader Dean Wehrli interviews John Burns regarding the 4-5-6 Rule for demographic-based decision making, which is Chapter 3 in the book Big Shifts Ahead.

For episode 4 of our New Home Insights Podcast, Dean talks with our Chief Demographer Chris Porter on the concept of surban™.

For episode 3 of our New Home Insights Podcast, Dean talks with three millennials from John Burns Real Estate Consulting on their generation’s perception of the housing market.

For episode 2 of our New Home Insights Podcast, Dean talks with Rick Palacios Jr., our Director of Research, on the quickly evolving single-family rental (SFR) industry.

To start us off we have John Burns in to tell us where housing is heading over the next couple of years. We talk about some key factors that will impact the cycle near term and some strategies to ride the wave instead of being pulled under.