HousingWire Daily

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath about the May issue of the HousingWire Magazine, which featured a cover story on the winners of HousingWire’s Finance Leaders awards. The two discuss winners, spotlighting Chryssa Halley, CFO at Fannie Mae, Victoria DeLuce, EVP at Princeton Mortgage, and Joseph Peterson, CFO at Sagent. The two also discuss the articles and commentaries on appraisals in the May issue and the Kudos article on Total Expert.HW Media articles related to this episode: Introducing the 2022 Finance Leaders! What permanent desktop appraisals mean for the industry

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks to Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about mortgage rates and when we might see the next increase. The two also discuss the recession red flags seen over the last week, including a change in the leading economic indicators, and how to interpret new home sales numbers.HW Media articles related to this episode: How healthy is the state of US homeownership?  March new home sales: the last positive revision for 2022? A good jobs report, but also another recession red flag

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about the layoffs, buyouts and earnings of some of the big lenders. The two also discuss the first mortgage M&A deal of the year, and what that means as a harbinger of more consolidation in the mortgage space.  HW Media Articles related to this episode: Rocket offers voluntary buyouts to 8% of workforce Wells Fargo cuts mortgage jobs amid poor outlook Flagstar Bancorp cuts 20% of its mortgage staff Better.com, the rare lender to post huge losses in 2021 CrossCountry strikes a deal to acquire LendUS

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei about how property taxes are impacting potential homebuyers. The two discuss how rapidly rising tax assessments are changing homebuyers’ debt-to-income calculations and what that means for lenders and agents.  HW Meda articles related to this episode:A property tax reckoning is coming

On today’s sponsored episode, Maleesa Smith, managing editor of content solutions at HousingWire, is joined by Finance of America Mortgage’s Chief Operations Officer Steve Reich and Chief Product Officer Kathryn Amor to talk about how Finance of America Mortgage is expanding its lending products through non-QM offerings.

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Editorial Director Tracey Velt about the competition facing real estate brokerages and the strategies companies are using to win consumers and control more of the real estate transaction. The two also discuss the young brokerage leaders stepping up to the next level.HW Media articles related to this episode: Cairn's Rick Davidson on the silver tsunami and their succession play for brokers Ask a coach: Do I need to pay for real estate leads 5 steps to mastering a real estate merger Nominations for the RT Emerging Leaders are now open!

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about Fannie Mae’s cut to their origination forecast and what he thinks about their recession call for 2023. The two also discuss mortgage rates, existing home sales and more.HW Media articles related to this episode: Fannie Mae cuts origination projection, forecasts recession in 2023 What 5% mortgage rates mean for the housing market The housing market is still savagely unhealthy

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about housing inventory and whether 3-D printed homes can help solve the chronic shortage of houses to meet the demand. The two also discuss mortgage rate increases and what lenders are doing to cope.HW Media Articles related to this episode: Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis? Purchase mortgage rates climb to 5.11%

On today’s episode, Managing Editor James Kleimann talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei about what is happening in the regulatory space, including the White House’s action plans for racial equity in housing and several leadership shakeups at Fannie Mae. HW Media articles related to this episode: White House announces action plans for racial equity, but leaves out GSEs A big leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Reporter Bill Conroy about what’s happening in the mortgage-backed security market and the short and long-term impacts of the Federal Reserve’s retreat from buying MBS. The two also discuss how rising rates are benefitting the holders of mortgage servicing rights and the wild trading volume that part of the secondary market is witnessing.HW Media articles related to this episode: Fed retreat from MBS market sparks short-term uncertainty MSR sector is a raging bull in a bear mortgage market