HousingWire Daily

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 Wheeler interviews Blake about his reporting on the Knock story and what it might mean in the context of a quickly changing home-buying landscape.

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 that is part of HousingWire Daily,  HousingWire real estate reporter Matthew Blake interviewed Peters about his thoughts and feelings behind the merger, and what has changed in New York City real estate.

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 listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by Jordan White and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Elissa Branch.

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. Hosted by Jordan White and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Elissa Branch.

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 analytics.

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 its marketing and technology. 

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. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by Jordan White and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Elissa Branch.