HousingWire Daily

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover with the Housing News podcast, where HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Ashwin Dayal, the president of digital mortgage lender LoanMonkey.During the interview, Dayal discusses LoanMonkey’s current business model and how he plans to compete with large lenders like Rocket and Better.com.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a roundtable discussion from HousingWire’s Lunch & Learn series that looks at “Unpacking the lender’s vital role in increasing minority homeownership.” The conversation tackles the challenges and opportunities that lenders and communities face while working to increase minority homeownership and equity in housing and lending.The discussion is hosted by iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli and features several real estate professionals, including iEmergent COO Bernard Nossuli , Homeownership Council of America President Gabe Del Rio, and National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA) Founder and President Tony Thompson. It also includes Jill Frondorf, SVP, Director of Operations at Fifth Third Bank and Robert Hironimus, Affordable Lending Sales Manager at Fulton Mortgage.

For this week’s Houses in Motion, a miniseries that is part of HousingWire Daily, we spoke with Lisa Dunn who is the partner/owner of Laurel Real Estate Resources in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Dunn is also a member of the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors board.We discussed pressing issues in real estate, including disclosure of agent commission. She also shares what she expects to happen at NAR’s convention next month in San Diego.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast showcasing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses the emergence of a new brokerage model and the validity behind the concerns against institutional investors. Additionally, Murray shares some of the challenges that the mortgage and title industry might face under the Biden administration’s new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau director.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a roundtable discussion on “Humans versus Really Smart Machines” and what the right mix looks like to gain efficiencies in the mortgage loan manufacturing process.During this conversation, Chris Gassel, sales consultant at LBA Ware, and Joe Camerieri, executive vice president at Mortgage Cadence also define what part of AI makes a difference in the mortgage process and explain what companies should consider as they look to automate their processes.HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Elissa Branch.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover with the Housing News podcast, where HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Grant Moon, the chief revenue officer at Vollyand the founder of Home Captain. During the interview, Moon discusses some of the misconceptions about VA loans and shares some of the challenges that veterans regularly face when entering the homebuying process. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending. In this episode, Tracey Velt, editorial director at HW Media Company RealTrends, interviews the CEO and founder of Knock.com, Sean Black. Knock offers cash-buying and alternate financing options for consumers looking to buy or sell a home.During the interview, Black discusses the company's relationship with brokerages and shares his thoughts on the next wave of disruption in the real estate industry: the transaction revolution.

This week’s Houses in Motion episode features a special interview with Tracey Velt, the editorial director at RealTrends, an HW Media Company. Houses in Motion host Matthew Blake sat down with Velt to discuss federal regulatory and antitrust concerns within the real estate industry, including the REX lawsuit against Zillow and The National Association of Realtors. They also discuss a new wave of brokerage partnerships with companies like OpenDoor and Knock and how this one-stop-shop model could affect buyers, sellers, and agents. 

Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues our Women of Influence series and features an interview with eXp’s Stacey Onnen and Fee Gentry. Stacey is the president of U.S. Brokerage Operations and Fee is one of eXp World Holdings’ board of directors and has also helped co-found and lead several of eXp’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, including ONE eXp. During the interview, Onnen and Gentry both share their unlikely starts in the housing industry, eXp’s recent and dramatic growth, and why they think inclusivity is important for success. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily features an in-depth roundtable discussion on economic and policy trends impacting servicers as well as a look ahead at strategies they should employ in 2022. During this conversation, CoreLogic’s chief economist Frank Nothaft, its senior leader of advanced delivery engines Sapan Bafna and Pete Carroll, the company’s executive of public policy and industry relations, join Meg Burns, Executive Vice President of the Housing Policy Council, and Mike Blair, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of LoanCare to also discuss what should be included in every servicer’s playbook.HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd and Elissa Branch.