HousingWire Daily

2020 Woman of Influence AJ Barkley joins HousingWire’s Daily's Women of Influence podcast miniseries, which spotlights the program’s winners over the years. Barkley, who is the Neighborhood Lending and Community Lending Executive at Bank of America, discusses her passion to drive successful homeownership among low-to-moderate-income borrowers, underserved communities, and multicultural borrowers in all economic situations.Along with her main role at Bank of America, Barkley serves as the co-executive sponsor of the Black Professional Group of North Texas and launched the Black Women Ready to Lead initiative. She also shares what her work has been doing over the past year and what she thinks it will take to get more women and diversity into the industry. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features an interview with Danielle Hale, chief economist at realtor.com. During the episode, Hale discusses the June new home sales report released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Danielle sheds light on highlights of the report, including the consecutive decline in national sales volume, as well as increases in home prices. Hale also puts June’s numbers into the context of annual growth as the market slowly cools down from 2020. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily features our first crossover episode with the RMD Podcast, a monthly podcast covering hot topics in the reverse mortgage industry. The podcast is hosted by Chris Clow, editor at HousingWire’s latest acquisition, Reverse Mortgage Daily.The episode features an interview with Clayton Collins, Founder and CEO of HW Media. Chris and Clayton discuss the reverse mortgage industry and how Clayton was first introduced into housing media.

Today’s HousingWire Daily continues Houses in Motion, a miniseries that looks at real estate in the U.S., hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake. This episode features an interview with Jonathan Miller, President and CEO of Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm that he co-founded in 1986.Miller explains the ins and outs of the appraisal profession, the challenges with industry leadership, the appraiser as a veritable “lone wolf” and the graying of the industry. He also discusses the role of appraisal management companies and dives into the recent allegations of racial discrimination and bias against individual appraisers.

Today’s episode of HousingWire Daily continues with the latest guest on the Women of Influence podcast miniseries is 2021 Woman of Influence Courtney Poulos, who is the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate and co-founder of ACME Florida.Poulos began selling real estate in 2005 and has remained dedicated to passing on her knowledge of the real estate market, since then having inspired women to take charge of their future through real estate investment. When Poulos was first named a 2020 Woman of Influence, she was only the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate, launching ACME Florida this year. During the interview, she talks about the launch of the brokerage and explores the unique trends happening in the Florida housing market. As a mentor to any agents, she also talks about how competitive the market is for real estate agents right now and how they’re staying at the top of their game. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that focuses on interviewing the brightest minds in real estate and the housing market. In this episode, Steve Murray, RealTrends advisor and industry stalwart, discusses inflation’s role in the housing market and an often overlooked key component to real estate success.Additionally, he discusses the shift in how investors are valuing brokerages for the first time in over 20 years. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily episode features a crossover episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast. In this episode, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler interviews Ajita Atreya, a senior economist at Freddie Mac. During the episode, Atreya discusses Freddie Mac’s latest quarterly forecast, which indicates that the housing market will remain strong despite setbacks.Atreya also discusses how the new Delta COVID-19 variant is affecting the market and shares her housing and economic projections for the remainder of 2021.

Today’s HousingWire Daily features a crossover episode with RealTrending, a podcast that features interviews with the brightest minds in real estate and housing. In this episode, Tracey Velt, managing editor at RealTrends, an HW Media company, interviews three Florida Realtors leaders: Margy Grant, CEO of Florida Realtors®, Christina Pappas, president-elect of Florida Realtors and vice president of the Keyes Company, Miami, and Juana Watkins, Florida Realtors General Counsel. During the episode, they discuss the mismanagement of affordable housing trust funds in the state of Florida as well as a proposed constitutional amendment to make sure that these funds are used appropriately. 

Today’s HousingWire Daily features the first-ever episode of Houses in Motion, a miniseries looking at real estate in the U.S. hosted by Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake.For our first episode, we discuss what’s in store for Houses in Motion and chat with HousingWire managing editor James Kleinmann about the U.S. Justice Department’s recent move to withdraw from a settlement agreement with the National Association of Realtors. We also interviewed Max Besbris, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “Upsold: Real Estate Agents, Prices and Neighborhood Inequality.” Besbris discusses the DOJ-NAR skirmish, and also takes a broader look at the economic incentives driving both real estate agents and consumers. 

Continuing the Women of Influence podcast miniseries, this episode features 2020 HW Woman of Influence and Mr. Cooper Group Chief People and Communications Officer Kelly Ann Doherty. Within just three years at Mr. Cooper, Kelly Ann Doherty was promoted from senior vice president of corporate communications to the chief communications officer, a member of the executive team, and now serves as their chief people and communications officer. During the episode, she dives into her career growth and her thoughts on how to get more women and diversity in the industry, especially in prepositions of leadership. She also talks about the latest projects and initiatives that she is working on and passionate about, along with why she thinks it is important for people to find things outside of the office to support and serve in.