Power House

Today, we welcome Willie Newman, the president and CEO of Homepoint, to the Housing News podcast!In this episode, Clayton and Willie talk about navigating market cycles, building more resilient mortgage banks with better technology and workflows, and ensuring the IMBs are staffed and resourced properly and efficiently for today's lower volume. Listen in to this playbook conversation for industry executives and professionals that have their eye on the horizon and aren't afraid to use a housing market cycle to win in the long term!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

Today we're joined by Eddy Perez, the CEO and president of Equity Prime Mortgage and committee member and board member of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Eddy brings to the table some really great information about how leaders can get involved in the MBA and other organizations across the industry and how they can really make an impact in the broader housing economy outside of their own operations.Clayton and Eddy also unpack some of the challenges that come with running your own business or team, having KPIs you have to meet —especially in a market like this — all while still finding the time and resources to get back to building long-term careers in the housing industry.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

Today's guest Nima Wedlake, a Principal at Thomvest Ventures, Board Observer at LoanSnap,  recognized as one of the 2020 Rising Stars of Fintech VC by Business Insider, and much more! As a man who wears many hats in the industry, Nima brings a ton of value to this conversation by talking through the Tomvest investment strategy and the portfolio that he is currently betting on in the real estate tech, proptech and fintech markets. Clayton and Nima also hit on a few other really important topics happening in the wake of the current real estate and mortgage ecosystem, including a potential wave of rapid new company formation and how that can impact fintech and proptech strategies. They also talked about the bifurcation of capital and this new development of thinking about both Opco capital and propco capital.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

Today's episode focuses on the entrepreneurial side of loan quality, quality control and audit services. We welcome to the show some of the leadership behind QC Ally,  formerly known as Inco-Check, including Nicole Booth, the Chief Marketing Officer, Donna Gibson, the Chief Operating Officer & President, and Mike Detwiler, a partner at QC Ally. Clayton talks to the group about Inco-Check's recent acquisition and the subsequent rebrand to QC Ally, some of the different growth drivers that they're currently seeing — including M&As — as well as what's next for QC Ally and how they intend to shake up and innovate in the quality control ecosystem. We hope the episode shines some light onto some of the important topics that might make you change your view on QC and audit as not a cost center but potentially more of a revenue center for your mortgage banking businesses.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

Today we have two phenomenal guests talk about a collaboration on artificial intelligence in the correspondent lending world: Rich Gagliano, the President of Origination Technologies for Black Knight and Tom Wind, the Executive Vice President of Consumer Lending at U.S. Bank.Rich and Tom sit down to talk with Clayton about this collaboration that aims to build more efficient origination processes, but they also talk about their own unique challenges and opportunities as they build both their respective businesses forward. 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

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Dave Miller, the Executive Vice President of Business Development at Cenlar, to the Housing News podcast to talk about servicing and just how important it is in today's market. Dave and Clayton talk about how Cenlar has evolved over the decades to become the largest sub-servicer in the country. They also discuss some of the dynamics that originators and real estate professionals need to understand about the servicing world, and what services are going to be better for partners and provide a better experience to homeowners and their origination clients. 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

Today we give a very warm welcome to Desmond Smith, the Chief Growth Officer at United Wholesale Mortgage to the Housing News podcast!Clayton and Desmon talk about how his career — which has spanned multiple institutions across the mortgage industry, including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase,  and Fannie Mae — has shaped the way he currently operates as a mortgage executive at UWM. He also jumps into how the past year has shaped both his personal and professional goals, how he leads day-to-day and how his strategy to grow the broker channel is coming to fruition.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

Today, Clayton welcomes the SVP and GM of Equifax Mortgage and Housing, Craig Crabtree, onto the Housing News podcast.  Craig has an incredible background as a mortgage lender, which led him to his career as a GM at Equifax.Clayton and Craig spend a lot of time talking about different credit data sources — from rent data to utility credit data — which Equifax is currently bringing to market as a new and unique data field that lenders can leverage outside of their traditional credit reporting box. They also go into how Equifax and other credit bureaus are leveraging automation to help lenders be more efficient amid the margin tightening that is happening all across the industry. Enjoy the episode!Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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

We are back for the third and final part of our three-part series focused on affordable housing and increasing accessibility of homeownership!Today, we welcome Montell Watson to the show! Montell is the Director of Diversity Lending and Strategic Partnerships at Movement Mortgage. He and Clayton walk through his career in mortgage lending and helping Movement launch their Consumer Direct division.  They also go into some of the initiatives that he has spearheaded over the years, including Grab the Key,  some HBCU partnerships, and other community-based lending strategies. Montel also gives a glimpse into some other of the challenges and opportunities happening right now at Movement Mortgage, including originator recruitment, acquisition of a mortgage brokerage, servicing loans during COVID, and much more! Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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 we're back for episode two in our three-part series focused on expanding access to homeownership, the impact on potential homeowners and homebuyers as well as the economic benefits for our broader economy.And on today's episode, Clayton sits down with Shaival Shah, the co-founder and CEO of Ribbon. They do a deep dive into the power buyer business model, or as Shaival likes to say,  the "cash buyer model" and how this cash buyer model is helping to enable new families and new homeowners to access and unlock homeownership and create wealth. Help HWMedia support those affected by hurricane Ian in FloridaOur mission at HWMedia is moving markets forward. Natural disasters like Hurricane Ian have an impact on homeowners and housing professionals alike.HW is running a fundraiser to make a donation to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund. Please check out this link to purchase a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Proceeds will go directly to support disaster relief in Florida.HW Media Fundraiser Link --> https://www.bonfire.com/hwmedia-hurricane-ian-relief-fund/The proceeds from each item will be donated to the Florida Realtors Disaster Relief Fund.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