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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

On today's episode of Housing News, we have the pleasure of welcoming two great guests from CoreLogic: John Rogers, the Chief Innovation Officer, and George Gallagher, a Principal of ESG & Climate Change, Natural Hazard and Spatial Solutions. This episode is focused on all things climate and climate risk. The three unpack all the things that lenders, businesses, homeowners and other real estate owners need to understand about climate risk, both now and in the future. They also share where in the US they would not live based on some of the risk profiles based on CoreLogic's data. Enjoy the episode!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

To close out 2022, this week we are bringing you a fascinating, in-depth conversation with Victoria DeLuce, the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Capital Markets Thought Leader at Delmar Mortgage. Victoria does an incredible job at bringing her capital markets expertise and her understanding of rates data to originators to help interpret where the market is going. She and Clayton also talk a lot about hedging works, recent Federal Reserve news, and some of the data points that Logan Mohtashami and Mike Simonsen are watching very closely as we go into 2023.Enjoy the episode!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

For today's Housing News episode, we are bringing you a crossover from the HousingWire Daily podcast featuring Brian Covey, the EVP of Strategy and Development at Revolution Mortgage and a regular face at HW Media engagements. After his professional soccer career, Covey was a high-profile vice president at loanDepot who left the company after five years to join Revolution Mortgage.Brian joins HW Media Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler to talk about Revolution’s lending model, how LOs and brokers can succeed in this market, and how he builds high-performing teams. And, most importantly, Brian also shares some of his perspectives on the World Cup and the incredible match that we saw this past weekend.Enjoy the episode!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