On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins had the opportunity to interview a really phenomenal leader in the housing finance sector, Jennifer McGuinness. She is currently the CEO of Pivot Financial, previously president of Invigorate Finance, and her 25-year career spans from origination to tech to asset management. Jennifer built the first hedge fund issuer of AAA-rated RMBS securities collateralized by a newly originated loan. She was also a HousingWire Woman of Influence in 2023 and a HousingWire Vanguard back in 2019.In this episode, Jennifer shares some of her expertise about the jumbo prime securitization market and the crazy experience she had back in 2014 heading the deal team responsible for becoming the first hedge fund issuer of AAA-rated RMBS securities. They also talk about careful economic decision-making that’s done with imperfect information, what she’s seeing in this rate environment and recent mortgage consolidation trends.Related to this episode: Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn  Follow Pivot on LinkedIn Pivot Financial  HousingWire Annual HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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 morning we’re dropping a special episode into your feed because we have the pleasure to announce a new keynote speaker for our HousingWire Annual lineup! This speaker is someone who many of you are probably already familiar with, bringing with him 27 years of experience of applying behavioral neuroscience to solving some of the toughest challenges in leadership and sales. We are excited to announce that phenomenal couch and speaker René Rodriguez will be joining us next month at HousingWire Annual in Austin, Texas.In this episode, Clayton had the opportunity to speak with René about some of the insightful topics and great advice that he’s bringing to the stage at the event, including leadership strategies, branding and making personal connections, and the delicate art of controlling a room as a speaker. René also gives a bit of his perspective on current real estate and mortgage trends as well as advice on leadership perseverance during challenging market conditions. Related to this episode: Connect with René on LinkedIn Meet René HousingWire Annual HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Chris Mayer, CEO of the fastest-growing major reverse mortgage lender, Longbridge Financial. Chris is also a professor of finance at Columbia Business School, has held positions at the Federal Reserve and has spent his career publishing his writing on housing and mortgages in top academic journals.Today, he and Clayton talk about his experience working in the Federal Reserve and how he is interpreting some of the Fed’s messaging regarding our current market. They also talked about building a reverse mortgage lender and his thesis behind why Chris started Longbridge — and whether that thesis still holds true today.Related to this episode: Connect with Chris on LinkedIn  Christopher Mayer, PhD - Longbridge Financial, LLC  2022 HW Vanguard: Christopher Mayer Professor Puts Ideas in Practice as Reverse-Mortgage CEO - Bloomberg HousingWire Annual HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Joel Rickman, the senior vice president of verification services at Equifax, where he serves as general manager for a $1 billion line of business. He has more than 20 years of experience with leading teams and previously served as the vice president of sales and marketing for Katabat. Today, we’re talking all about verification services. Clayton and Joel discuss the behind-the-scenes work of income and asset verification in today's environment, the cybersecurity and fraud risks that lenders need to be paying attention to and the products that Workforce Solutions is focused on rolling out right now. They also discuss the innovation and product improvement that lenders feel they need to move their mortgage lending business forward.Related to this episode: Connect with Joel on LinkedIn Equifax Workforce Solutions HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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 are dropping a special mini-episode into your feed!Clayton sat down with UMortgage's VP of Marketing and 2023 HW Marketing Leader Corie Meredith to talk all things HousingWire Annual. Corie is joining us in Austin for this year's HousingWire Annual for a pretty power-packed session focused on the future of marketing, along with Marc Davidson from 1000watt, Amory Wooden from Anywhere Brands, and Debbie McGriff from Freddie Mac.   She gives us a little sneak peek of what great marketing insight she's bringing to the stage in October, including some interesting thoughts on the future of AI and automation in mortgage marketing.See you in Austin!Related to this episode: Connect with Corie on LinkedIn 2023 HW Marketing Leader: Corie Meredith HWA Agenda HWA Registration HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Malte Kramer. Malte, who was a 2021 HousingWire Rising Star, is the founder and CEO of Luxury Presence, a marketing platform for real estate agents and teams. Luxury Presence is a 2021 HW Tech100 winner and one of the fastest-growing prop-tech companies in North America. This episode follows on the heels of an exciting fundraising announcement for Luxury Presence, as well as the launch of a new product. Their conversation focuses on their fundraising, the product, the rationale behind it, and the problem that Malte and Luxury Presence are trying to solve for agents when it comes to marketing and design strategy. Clayton and Malte also venture into use cases for artificial intelligence and how professionals across the housing ecosystem should be thinking about AI in today's environment. Related to this episode: Connect with Malte on LinkedIn  Luxury Presence  HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media’s CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Lee Smith, the senior executive vice president and president of mortgage at Flagstar Bank. At Flagstar, Smith is responsible for the direction and oversight of all aspects of mortgage, including mortgage sales and originations, secondary and capital markets, mortgage fulfillment operations and mortgage servicing, as well as the strategic growth of the mortgage and servicing businesses.Today, he and Clayton’s conversation is all about the banking industry, including discussion of increased regulatory oversight that could potentially start an even stronger consolidation wave, as well as current market dynamics and recent Fed actions. They also talk about the new Flagstar as it has evolved quite a bit in the last year through its merger with New York Community Bancorp and acquisition of some assets of Signature Bank.Related to this episode: Connect with Lee on LinkedIn The good news? The Fed doesn’t expect a recession. The bad news? Housing. Flagstar’s EVP on the company’s future with NYCB, Signature  Rumored Basel changes could hit big bank mortgage lending: Bloomberg HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media’s CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Christina Panos, chief marketing officer at Corcoran. Christina is the architect of the company’s marketing and advertising program as well as the steward of the Corcoran brand. She is also a 2022 HousingWire marketing leader. Their conversation today focuses on all things branding, marketing and building businesses in the real estate brokerage industry. She and Clayton discuss her role with Corocan, maintaining agent relationships through different channels and how to avoid the risk of forgetting fundamentals of professional relationships amid turbulent market conditions.Related to this episode: Connect with Christina on Linkedin  Corcoran on Linkedin The Corcoran Group CMO on staying nimble in a challenging market HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media’s CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Carl Gish, co-founder and co-CEO of Aro Homes, a company that engineers and builds intelligently designed and sustainable carbon-negative homes faster and more efficiently than conventionally built homes. He brings to the table deep product, marketing and general management experience across leading brands and Fortune 500 companies as well as early-stage companies, including Dyson, eBay and Amazon.Their conversation today is an opportunity to explore the role and the need of sustainable housing within today's housing crisis. They also talked about how Aro seeks to bring sustainable, design-driven homes to market that will save more than 11 tons of CO2 annually per home.Related to this episode: Connect with Carl on LinkedIn Aro Homes HousingWire on YouTube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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, HW Media’s CEO Clayton Collins sits down with an industry figurehead who leads analysis, surveying and forecasting for the Mortgage Bankers Association: Marina Walsh. Marina is currently serving as the Vice President of Industry Analysis of the MBA and has served there for 22 years. As her career has spanned through multiple economic and housing cycles, she offers incredible insight, industry knowledge and analysis.The conversation today focuses on profitability, homebuilders, and the mix between market share for depositories and independent mortgage banks. They also unpack the market for the remainder of 2023. Related to this episode: Connect with Marina on LinkedIn  Marina B. Walsh, CMB | MBA  Mortgage Bankers Association MBA Chart of the Week: Builder application index vs total purchase applications index HousingWire on Youtube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power-packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with the industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!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