HousingWire Daily

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 for the year ahead and how you can bring non-QM to your 2022 lending strategy. 

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!