This week, we are bringing a phenomenal guest to your feed: Marc King, the president of Keller Williams. Marc has a long history in the real estate industry, with his previous role as director of growth for Keller Williams, and as a top-producing sales associate when he joined a Missouri-based Keller Williams franchise as a team leader all the way back in 2003. Clayton and Marc talk and discuss an array of topics, including how realtors fulfill roles comparable to financial advisors, why agent count matters in a cyclical business, and how to balance technology among differing agent preferences. They also give a sneak peek into the soon-to-be-released 2023 RealTrends brokerage rankings, where Keller Williams fell on that list, and unpack some of the data released on Keller William's 2022 Year-End Results.  Additionally, Marc gives listeners some insight into where he hopes to bring the company in the coming years. Related to this episode: Connect with Marc on LinkedIn Keller Williams Keller Williams Reports Year-End Results 2023 RealTrends Brokerage Rankings  HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Clayton had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Davis, the Chief Sales Officer of Deephaven Mortgage, where he works very closely with wholesale and correspondent sales leaders, as well as clients. Prior to joining Deephaven, Tom served as Executive Vice President, Head of TPO Production at First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. During their conversation, Clayton and Tom do a deep dive into the housing market, inventory, inflation, and a brief conversation about the health of the US banking system, including the recent debacle at Silicon Valley Bank. They also talk about the non-QM dynamics that Deephaven has learned from the capital markets disruption over the past three years. Related to this episode: Connect with Tom on LinkedIn Deephaven HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is all about "The Great Renovation" that is happening in 15 million vacant homes in the US, and the investors — particularly Gen Z — that are buying these properties, adding value, and bringing them back to the market for sale or as rentals.Clayton got to sit down with Kurt Carlton, the President and co-founder of New Western, a real estate investment marketplace that helps investors find homes to rehab. Kurt unpacks all the activity that he's seeing from investors that are buying and adding value to homes all across the US. They also talk about the related problems that investors are facing that are plaguing the larger housing ecosystem, including increased labor and material costs.Related to this episode: Connect with Kurt on LinkedIn New Western HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode,  we have a really great conversation between Clayton and Neel Dhingra, the Chief Executive Officer at Forward Academy, mortgage banker at All Western Mortgage, and social media extraordinaire. Neel talks about how he grew his business using social media and how he went from being 35 and drowning in debt with a failed business to now being a millionaire with a successful business at 40. He also explains why the company we keep can affect your success and also what he learned as an originator in 2022.Related to this episode: Forward Academy All Western Mortgage Connect with Neel on LinkedIn Follow Neel on Instagram HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode features a great conversation with Brian Webster, the president of NotaryCam. Brian goes into his incredible background that starts from Freddie Mac to the CFPB to Wells Fargo and then, finally, into the FinTech ecosystem. Clayton and Brian also talk about the impact that Brian has had on the industry through his role in the development of TRID, his thoughts about M&As, corporate strategy and how the right leadership approach can accelerate growth and business outcomes for tech and lending leaders. Also, tune in to hear Clayton geek out over his passion for innovation in deal-making!Related to this episode: NotaryCam's website Connect with Brian on LinkedIn HousingWire's 2023 Rising Stars Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of the Housing News podcast, Plaza CEO Kevin Parra shares how his career as a mortgage lending executive has shaped the actions he is taking to prepare his business for 2023 and beyond. The conversation focuses on cost-efficient lending, focusing on single-channel strategies and building cultures that support recruiting and retaining the best people.Kevin addresses some of the industry's biggest challenges including reducing headcount to match the volume and capacity curve, mortgage rate lock-down issues, and homebuyer affordability. Clayton and Kevin also uncover opportunities in buydown programs, renovation lending, and adjusting strategies to win market share. The conversation with Parra spotlights the benefits of experience and a steady hand when economic indicators are opaque. Related to this episode: Inside mortgage lenders’ strategies for 2023  Inflation cooled again in January in a bumpy downward trend Housing Market Tracker: Inventory drops as mortgage rates move higher Rate lock activity rose sharply from December’s depths Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of the Housing News podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Carpenter, who has had an extensive and successful career in real esate technology. Most recently the Director of Strategic Investments at NAR, Todd now writes his own blog at todd.re and works freelance with real estate and technology firms. Clayton and Todd talk about how the rise of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT might disrupt the real estate industry in the future and also dive into the rumored deal that News Corp may sell Move, Inc. to CoStar. They also talk about some of Todd's writing on trends that he's seen over the years in both technology and proptech in real estate.Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the rolling hill country of Austin, Texas from June 18-21. Click here to learn more and register your spot!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Igor Popov is joining us to dissect and discuss trends in the rental market. Igor is the Chief Economist and Head of Analytics over at Apartment List and he and Clayton talk all things rental housing market data derived from the most recent national rent report by Apartment List, including rent growth data in 2022 and how remote work will most impact the rental market in specific spots across the country.They also dive deep into the rental pricing and demand trends that began to form in Q3 of 2022 and how these trends are shaping Igor's predictions for 2023.Enjoy the episode!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Clayton had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Daren Blomquist, the VP of Market Economics at auction.com. Daren has been around this space for quite a while and analyzes and forecasts complex macro and microeconomic data trends, with his works being cited in major publications such as The New York Times and  The Wall Street Journal. For this episode, we invited Daren to talk about a really unique and not often talked about perspective derived from the auction.com platform to help us better understand buyer behavior and what we anticipate will happen in the retail housing market. Related to this episode: Daren Blomquist's 2023 housing outlook Top of Mind: Getting Smart on the Distressed Housing Market with Daren Blomquist Enjoy the episode!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our wonderful guest today brings to the table 23 years of experience in operating businesses in the mortgage technology ecosystem. In this episode, Dan Sogorka, the president and CEO of Sagent, sits down with Clayton to talk about private equity, venture capital and some of the current opportunities for dealmaking and consolidation in the mortgage tech space.They also talk about the impacts of fintechs, technology's relationship with mortgage servicing, some of the trends that have happened over the last few years and much, much more!Enjoy the episode!Be sure to check out our Youtube channel here for special behind-the-scenes content and video versions of HW Media podcasts!Stay up to date with QC Ally's web series, Conversations about QC, by checking them out here.The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate, and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices