

HousingWire Daily
HousingWire
The HousingWire Daily podcast brings the full picture of the most compelling stories in the housing market reported across HousingWire. Each morning, listen to editor in chief Sarah Wheeler talk to leading industry voices and get a deeper look behind the scenes of the top mortgage and real estate stories. Hosted and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
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Dec 8, 2022 • 35min
Logan Mohtashami on purchase apps and lower mortgage rates
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about purchase apps and mortgage rates, as well as answering a listener’s question about a potential housing crash.HW Media articles related to this episode:
LOs, mortgage rates and the long, cold winter ahead
Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the market
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 7, 2022 • 30min
How agents and brokers are innovating in a challenging market
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler is joined by Editorial Director Tracey Velt to talk about some of the real estate companies that have grown through previous challenging economic cycles as well as the innovative approaches agents and brokers are taking in this market. HW Media articles related to this episode:
Against all odds: Brokerage lessons from firms that grew during the last recession
Against All Odds: The story of how 17 firms found a way to grow and prosper in the worst of times.
How LOs get into a real estate agent’s circle
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 6, 2022 • 33min
Jillian White on tackling appraisal bias
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Jillian White, head of growth at Aloft, about racial bias in appraisals. Jillian, a Black appraiser who serves on the Appraisal Institute's Government Relations Committee and is an incoming trustee of the Appraisal Foundation's board of trustees, talks about the unconscious bias she thinks is at play in home valuations and the potential cures.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Sandra Thompson talks volatility, affordability challenges, appraisal bias and more
What did the PAVE report on appraisal bias find?
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 5, 2022 • 35min
Logan Mohtashami on the labor market and the crypto crash
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the latest jobs report, housing bubbles and the crypto crash.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Can we still avoid a recession?
Stronger than expected job growth raises specter of more Fed hikes
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 2, 2022 • 31min
Logan Mohtashami on the big drop in mortgage rates, and whether they can go even lower
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the drop in mortgage rates following the Fed’s meeting this week, and whether rates could go even lower before the end of the year.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Powell’s speech was a direct hit to mortgage rates
The empire strikes back on lower mortgage rates
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 1, 2022 • 27min
Logan Mohtashami on how we could avoid a recession
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about how we could still avoid a recession and what the purchase application data means.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Can we still avoid a recession?
Mortgage demand dropped last week despite a decline in rates
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 30, 2022 • 30min
Conforming loan limits hit new high of $1M
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about the new conforming loan limits, the possibility of more regulation for IMBs and home prices.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Conforming loan limit jumps: government will back loans over $1M
Home price appreciation continues to slow
Opinion: We don’t need increased regulation of IMBs
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 29, 2022 • 26min
Economic forecasts for 2023
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Brena Nath, managing editor of HW+ and events, about the economic forecast series by industry leaders that will cover real estate, mortgage rates, MBS, fintech and more.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Here’s why new home sales are up along with prices
Don’t expect a drop in home prices in 2023, NAR economist says
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 28, 2022 • 34min
Logan Mohtashami on what a Fed pivot would do to rates
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks to Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about what a Fed pivot will look like and how that will affect housing.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes
The empire strikes back on lower mortgage rates
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 25, 2022 • 35min
Logan Mohtashami on housing bubbles, housing bears and housing data
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Logan Mohtashami in a special Black Friday edition that hits all the high points of housing bubbles, housing bears and housing data points.HW Media articles related to this episode:
Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes
Builders apply the brakes amid canceled contracts
The empire strikes back on lower mortgage rates
Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Daily examines the most compelling articles reported across HW Media. Each morning, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsrooms that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted and produced by the HW Media team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices