Quicken Loans’ Austin Niemiec on forbearance, refinancing and wholesale lending

This week, Austin Niemiec, the executive vice president at Quicken Loans Mortgage Services, joins the Housing News Podcast to discuss the housing industry’s rapidly changing landscape.

In this episode, Niemiec discusses his evolution in the mortgage industry and offers insight on how best to coach teams during these turbulent times.

Additionally, Niemiec touches on the nation’s significant uptick in forbearance requests from financially strained borrowers, growth in the wholesale lending market, and expanding mortgage refinancing volume.

The Housing News Podcast is a weekly wrap of the top news stories by HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins. Each week, HousingWire interviews financial services experts who can help make sense of the latest headlines, sponsored by our partners at Arch MI and Quicken Loans Mortgage Services.

Here are links to the topics discussed:

• Has the mortgage forbearance curve flattened?
• Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac will allow borrowers who took forbearance to refinance their mortgage
• Is now a good time to buy a home?
• Mortgage refinancings set to surge to a 17-year high

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