New Home Insights Podcast
John Burns Research and Consulting
Issues, interviews, and insights into the U.S. housing market. Monthly takes on what’s happening in the housing market today, and what might be happening tomorrow. From the John Burns Research and Consulting (JBREC) team.
The podcast is hosted by Dean Wehrli, Principal at JBREC. Dean manages residential and commercial real estate consulting assignments across the country and has deep knowledge of California’s Bay Area, Sacramento, and Central Valley markets as well as Northern Nevada.
John Burns Research and Consulting is an independent research provider and consulting firm focused on the housing industry. The company’s research subscribers receive the most accurate analysis possible to inform their macro investment decisions, and the company’s consulting clients receive specific property and portfolio investment advice designed to maximize profits. The team takes great pride in enabling the profitable development of the best places to live in the world.
The podcast is hosted by Dean Wehrli, Principal at JBREC. Dean manages residential and commercial real estate consulting assignments across the country and has deep knowledge of California’s Bay Area, Sacramento, and Central Valley markets as well as Northern Nevada.
John Burns Research and Consulting is an independent research provider and consulting firm focused on the housing industry. The company’s research subscribers receive the most accurate analysis possible to inform their macro investment decisions, and the company’s consulting clients receive specific property and portfolio investment advice designed to maximize profits. The team takes great pride in enabling the profitable development of the best places to live in the world.
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Jun 3, 2022 • 42min
Episode 64: Buckling Our Seatbelts for an Interesting Ride: John Burns on Current Market Conditions
The residential real estate market has been speeding uphill since mid 2019, with a speed bump in the Spring of 2020. As we near the peak, anticipation of what is on the other side anxiously awaits. When will we pass the peak? How steep is the grade going downhill? Are there guardrails? On this week’s podcast episode, John Burns, Founder and CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, gives us his take on today’s housing market and what our team believes is the most likely scenario going forward.
Note: Recorded on May 31, 2022
May 6, 2022 • 52min
Episode 63: The Feverishly Hot Apartment Market with Jay Parsons
Apartment renters are not the only ones fighting hard for their place in the market. Multifamily investors also face fierce competition from other investors in this very competitive space. In this episode, we interviewed Jay Parsons, Vice President at RealPage, to learn more about what is fueling the piping-hot multifamily market.
Mar 17, 2022 • 41min
Episode 62: How Berkadia Stacks Up in the BTR World
Listen in on the third episode of our three-part series on build-to-rent (BTR) where Joel Kirstein, Managing Director at Berkadia, breaks down the capital world’s obsession with the BTR space.
Mar 2, 2022 • 54min
Episode 61: Inspiring a New Way to Rent
In our second of three BFR-related episodes, we are joined by Branden Lombardi, President of BB Living, who shares his inspiring life story and his insight on build-for-rent as an asset class.
Feb 3, 2022 • 47min
Episode 60: In It for the Long Run: Mark Wolf on Build-to-Rent Communities
Successful restaurants have great service, the right menu, and a long-term outlook. A good location also doesn’t hurt. Mark Wolf, CEO and founder of AHV Communities, has a similar mindset when executing successful build-to-rent (BTR) communities. Mark joins our podcast to discuss what it takes to execute a successful BTR community.
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Dec 10, 2021 • 55min
Episode 59: Steve Benson and (Land) Banking on the Future
Steve Benson, CEO of Essential Housing, provides land banking services for builders. The podcast explores the basics and benefits of land banking, the underwriting process for selling lots to builders, evaluating risks in real estate deals, the importance of builder partners and trust, strategic versus tactical approach to land banking, understanding entitlement risk in real estate projects, and predictions for the current market and the impact of the housing recession and COVID-19.
Nov 23, 2021 • 48min
Episode 58: How iBrokers Will Change How We Buy Homes
You would not go to a second website to pay for your Amazon order, so why should you have to deal with multiple groups when purchasing a home? That is what inspired Court Cunningham to start Orchard. Orchard is providing next-level service by integrating almost the entire home buying process onto one platform. Learn how Orchard is innovating as an “iBroker” (a term cleverly coined by our host Dean Wehrli) by checking out this episode.
Oct 29, 2021 • 42min
Episode 57: Remaining Competitive in an Overly Competitive Market
If there used to be a hot tub full of cash for build-for-rent (BFR) deals, now there is an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Demand for BFR development is at an all-time high. BFR developers can usually outbid their competitors for land. Mike Moser, CEO of Starwood Land Advisors, explains to us how his team strategically focuses their investment efforts in the BFR and equally competitive general residential development world.
Sep 24, 2021 • 1h 5min
Episode 56: Jeff Adler on the Resilience of Real Estate
The last 18 months or so have been the proverbial roller coaster for the real estate industry. COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the nation but unlocked tremendous latent demand, changed where and how people lived, and left dramatically rising prices in its wake. Jeff Adler, Vice President of Yardi Matrix, has a measure of the pulse of just about all real estate sectors (retail, office, self-storage, but especially apartments and build-for-rent).
Sep 3, 2021 • 37min
Episode 55: Aligning Incentives for Affordable Housing
Atticus LeBlanc joins our latest podcast to discuss how PadSplit acts as a creative solution to the affordable housing shortage.
