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HousingWire
The HousingWire Daily podcast brings the full picture of the most compelling stories in the housing market reported across HousingWire. Each morning, listen to editor in chief Sarah Wheeler talk to leading industry voices and get a deeper look behind the scenes of the top mortgage and real estate stories. Hosted and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
Episodes
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Dec 27, 2022 • 34min
Brian Covey on the lending model that’s going to succeed in this market
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Brian Covey, who left loanDepot for Revolution Mortgage, about the boutique lender’s model and how he thinks LOs and brokers can succeed in this market.HW Media articles related to this episode:
loanDepot VP Brian Covey moves to Revolution
How boutique lender Revolution Mortgage plans its expansion
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 26, 2022 • 33min
Logan Mohtashami: Who spiked the Fed’s eggnog?
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about new home sales, inflation data, whether we can avoid a recession and what the Fed should do next.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Have we found the bottom in existing home sales?
Cooler inflation data sends mortgage rates lower
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 23, 2022 • 23min
The 2022 Tech Trendsetters
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lesley Collins, award program manager at HW Media, to talk about the winners of our Tech Trendsetters award and preview the Tech100 program. We highlight winners from CoreLogic, Pacaso, Promontory Mortgage Path, Black Knight, Clarifire, PennyMac, HouseCanary, ICE and Boston National Title Agency.HW Media articles related to this episode:Introducing the 2022 HW Tech Trendsetters!Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 22, 2022 • 33min
Logan Mohtashami: Some positive housing news for Christmas?
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about purchase application data and the positive trend we’re seeing in several housing data lines.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Lower mortgage rates, higher demand lead to optimism for late 2023
Housing completion data is positive news for housing market
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 21, 2022 • 30min
Rocket’s long-term strategy to win consumers
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about Rocket Mortgage and its parent company’s diversification into real estate services, personal loans, used cars and rooftop solar systems as part of its long-term strategy to win consumers.HW Media articles related to this episode:Higher mortgage rates exposed Rocket’s vulnerability — can it prove itself as a fintech?Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 20, 2022 • 27min
The mindset that will help LOs and brokers in 2023
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler is joined by Maleesa Smith, managing editor of content solutions, to talk about tech solutions that reach consumers with the right message at the right time, and the strategies and mindset that will help loan officers and brokers succeed in this market.HW Media articles related to this episode:
How to reach the growing segment of Hispanic American homebuyers in 2023
Getting ahead of a turbulent market with consumer data
How LOs and brokers should approach 2023
The war for top talent and why LOs move shops
The winning mindset for LOs looking to get hired
The next 100 days are key for mortgage pros
An agent’s crash course to VA loans
Agents, sell homes faster using these keywords in listings
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 19, 2022 • 32min
Logan Mohtashami on why the Fed wants more people to lose their job
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about what happened last week — from inflation to the Fed hiking rates to mortgage rates falling.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Fed’s 50 bps rate hike could trigger falling mortgage rates
Cooler inflation data sends mortgage rates lower
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 16, 2022 • 30min
The stress in the secondary market
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Bill Conroy to talk about stress in the secondary market and how a lack of liquidity is affecting mortgage lenders.HW Media articles related to this episode:
The mortgage market right-sizing is well underway. When will normalcy return?
Inside the collapse of RMF, America’s fifth-largest reverse mortgage lender
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 15, 2022 • 31min
Logan Mohtashami on the Fed rate hike and why the bond market doesn’t care
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the Fed’s rate hike announcement and how the bond market’s reaction is likely to drive down mortgage rates.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Fed’s 50 bps rate hike could trigger falling mortgage rates
Cooler inflation data sends mortgage rates lower
Is the market pivoting ahead of the Fed?
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.

Dec 14, 2022 • 28min
Inside the collapse of a top reverse mortgage lender
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Chris Clow, editor of Reverse Mortgage Daily, about some of the seismic shifts in the reverse industry over the last two weeks, including Finance of America buying AAG, the collapse of Reverse Mortgage Funding and more.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Inside the collapse of RMF, America’s fifth-largest reverse mortgage lender
FoA to acquire AAG’s DTC retail business
One way reverse mortgages can fund aging in place: Home renovations
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team.


