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Today we venture into the manufactured housing space with guest Robbie Pratt, the CEO and co-founder of Havenpark Communities, an operator and developer of manufactured housing communities since 2016. During the conversation, Robbie talks through the types of communities that Havenpark is investing in and helping build, the difference between manufactured and stick-built housing and overcoming the stigma of manufactured homes. He also chats about housing trends at large and why he thinks affordable, manufactured homes are important in our current market.  Related to this episode: Connect with Robbie on LinkedIn Havenpark Communities  Havenpark's LinkedIn HousingWire on Youtube Enjoy the episode!HousingWire Annual is where the community from across the housing ecosystem comes together to share strategies, drive business, discover new technologies, discuss best practices, and meet industry leaders. Our agenda is power packed with content to propel your company to the next level and connect you with the in

Today our guest is Simon Moir, the VP of Banking Compliance Solutions at Wolters Kluwer, where he is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of the segment’s banking compliance product portfolio as well as their open digital lending platform and expert solutions ecosystem. Simon has more than 20 years of experience delivering innovative, highly scalable solutions to the banking and financial services industry. In today’s conversion, Clayton and Simon chat about AI and the somewhat tense relationship between this innovative technology and regulatory powers. They also talked about the fintech world and the changing dynamics with valuations in the M&A space, including the way that investors are thinking about investing in and backing these tech companies in the future.  Related to this episode: Connect with Simon on LinkedIn Taking the pulse on eNotes 2022 HW Tech Trendsetter: Simon Moir HW Tech Trendsetters Program Overview HousingWire’s Youtube Channel HousingWire Annual is where the commun

HousingWire presents The Wholesale Market Master Class, presented by BeAMortgageBroker.com. This four-part series is focused on all things wholesale and the role that the wholesale market plays in the mortgage ecosystem. Our expert this week is Mike Walton, Director of Wholesale Development at United Wholesale Mortgage. Mike works to grow the wholesale mortgage channel to new heights by engaging consumers, financial institutions, and budding entrepreneurs with the hopes of bringing awareness and support to those who want to explore opportunities in wholesale. In today’s conversation with Mike, we cover common paths and professional backgrounds that lead to becoming a mortgage broker, the decision between opening a new brokerage vs. joining an established and scaled broker shop, the business model of running a brokerage and the vibrant community of brokers coast to coast.  Related to this episode: Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Master Class: Wholesale Market HousingWire’s Youtube Channel The Housing News po

Today’s guest is John Paasonen, the CEO and co-founder of Maxwell, a venture-backed startup focused on making the mortgage experience simple, human and intuitive. Dedicated Housing News listeners might recall John’s appearance on the show back in December 2022 to have an entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur conversation with Clayton about Maxwell and his business strategy. In today’s conversion, Clayton and John discuss a lot of the fascinating data and client interactions that John sees across his business, the capital markets challenges in the current housing market, and the struggling interest rates and inventory relationship. The two also dive into somewhat of a niche topic — defects in loan quality.  And in light of their previous conversation, they revisit leadership strategies and how the best executives in housing can lead their organization to achieve great things even as they navigate tough housing cycles. Related to this episode: Connect with John on LinkedIn John Paasonen, Author at Maxwell Fintech Max

HousingWire presents The Wholesale Market Master Class, presented by BeAMortgageBroker.com. This four-part series is focused on all things wholesale and the role that the wholesale market plays in the mortgage ecosystem. This week we have the pleasure of speaking to Jason Bressler, the chief technology officer at United Wholesale Mortgage. With 24+ years of IT experience, Jason leads more than 1,300 information technology professionals and manages the strategy and implementation of technology to increase information accessibility and integrated systems management.  Today’s conversation focuses on technology and digital adoption in the mortgage industry, the innovation and adoption wave in wholesale for brokers, the strategic mindset to building a broker tech stack for new and existing brokers and the role AI is playing in building a more efficient and elastic origination ecosystem.  Related to this episode: Connect with Jason on LinkedIn Master Class: Wholesale Market HousingWire’s Youtube Channel The Hou

Today, we have the pleasure of speaking to Vikas Gupta, a longstanding entrepreneur and the CEO of Azibo, a unified financial and property management platform for independent real investors. Vikas has over 15 years of experience in the development of early-stage tech startups, including Nodabl, the Baby Box Co., Factual Inc., and many more. Now, through Azibo, he’s helping landlords and investors and holding impactful real estate conversations on his own podcast, Hacking Real Estate.  Today’s conversation is all about the rental market. Clayton and Vikas work through rental data trends that his team at Azibo are seeing through their platform. The platform tracks transactions being made and gives them a glimpse into the health of the rental market.  This episode offers vital information about building a technology software and financial services solution in the housing industry. It also offers incredible insights from the CEO of a software platform in the housing sector to help better understand the health of

HousingWire presents The Wholesale Market Master Class, presented by BeAMortgageBroker.com. This four-part series is focused on all things wholesale and the role that the wholesale market plays in the mortgage ecosystem. For this week’s installment, we welcome two separate guests, Justin Brown and Jennifer Gormer, to discuss building successful careers and businesses in the wholesale mortgage arena. Justin Brown is the broker/owner of the NuHome Team doing business in the Los Angeles market. Jennifer Gormer is the president and CEO of Integrity Home Lending in Dallas, Texas. During their conversations, Jennifer and Justin go into their respective career launch points into the mortgage industry and some of the impactful decisions — and mistakes — made along the way. They also talk about how to best use the right technology and tools to maximize brokerage growth and how they get outside of the brokerage walls to get involved in their communities. Related to this episode: Justin’s Success Story Jennifer’s Succ

Today, our guest is the co-founder and executive director of FirstHome IQ, Kristin Messerli. She is also the founder of Cultural Outreach, which is now part of the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA), and is a leading strategist and keynote speaker on the topic of next-gen housing and the psychology of money. Clayton and Kristin’s conversation for this episode is focused on her most recent 2023 Gen Z Homebuyer Report. They also talked about the 2023 NextGen Women's Homebuyer Report which talks about some of the challenges and opportunities of female homeowners and homebuyers in today's housing market.  Related to this episode: Kristin Messerli Connect with Kristin on LinkedIn HousingWire on Youtube Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at Omni Barton Creek Resort in the

HousingWire presents The Wholesale Market Master Class presented by BeAMortgageBroker.com This four-part series is focused on all things wholesale and the role that the wholesale market plays in the mortgage ecosystem.Throughout the series, listeners will develop a deeper understanding of the role that wholesale plays in the mortgage ecosystem, how to build your career in the wholesale channel, tech adoption in the industry, and more. The first installment of this series features a conversation between Clayton Collins, CEO of HW Media and Desmond Smith, Chief Growth Officer at United Wholesale Mortgage, where he spends his time focusing on innovative ways to advance the independent mortgage broker channel. In today’s conversation, the two discuss the role that wholesale plays in the mortgage ecosystem, recent and historical trends, and some of the common myths and misperceptions about becoming an independent mortgage broker. Related to this episode: Connect with Desmond on LinkedIn UWM’s Desmond Smith on i

For today's episode,  Clayton is joined by Steve Ozonian, the CEO of Williston Financial Group. Steve is a longtime real estate executive with a range of entrepreneurial and leadership experience, including board involvement at LendingTree, Attom Data Solutions, Inside Real Estate, and most recently, LoanDepot. In this conversation, they discuss some really important topics, including leading through the inevitable cycles in the housing industry and connecting the housing sector across mortgage origination, real estate brokerage, and title.  They also talked about planning long-term growth strategies while also weighing the options between organic and acquisitive growth. Related to this episode: Connect with Steve on LinkedIn Williston Financial Group loanDepot settles with Hsieh, nominates Steve Ozonian to board WFG acquires West Coast retail title operations from Doma HousingWire’s Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs,

HousingWire presents the Modern Mortgage Origination Master Class, a four-part educational series presented by Zillow Home Loans. This educational series features four classes designed to bring the HousingWire community expert-level knowledge on modern mortgage origination and how today’s homebuyer navigates the homebuying process. This final installment of this series features a conversation between Clayton Collins, CEO of HW Media and Tim Swank, Zillow Home Loans’ Vice President of Mortgage Sales and Real Estate Partnerships. Tim has more than 15 years of experience in the mortgage and lending industry where he has held a variety of positions from his early days as a mortgage banker to executive roles focusing on sales and partnerships. In today’s conversation, they recap what we’ve learned in the past three master class episodes and then discuss what homebuyers want from their lender and how consumer expectations are changing — or not — throughout the modern mortgage process.This includes some of the curre

Today, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler joins Clayton Collins to discuss and digest primary takeaways and learnings from the Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary and Capital Markets Conference hosted this week in New York City.The episode shifts to an exclusive interview between Sarah Wheeler and Mike Fratantoni, MBA's chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology. Mike shares his forecasts for the remainder of 2023, as well as insights on mortgage rates, inflation, home prices, origination volume and more. The full interview initially with Mike Fratantoni aired on the HousingWire Daily Podcast.Related to this episode: Key Secondary Takeaways from @HousingClayton on Instagram  Check out the HousingWire Daily Podcast  Why are regulators piling on during this down market?  Mortgage industry still in the middle of a storm  HousingWire’s Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presi

HousingWire presents the Modern Mortgage Origination Master Class, a four-part educational series presented by Zillow Home Loans. This educational series features four classes designed to bring the HousingWire community expert-level knowledge on modern mortgage origination and how today’s homebuyer navigates the homebuying process. This week’s episode features a conversation between Tracey Velt, Senior Director of data and content for HW Media, and two guests: Racquel Russell, Zillow’s Vice President of Partner Strategy and Operations, and Jason Mitchell, founder of the real estate team brokerage The Jason Mitchell Group. In today’s conversation, they focus on how agents and lenders should be partnering to win for their clients, including how and where prospective buyers should start their homeownership journey, where consumers should start with financing, and some tips for agents selecting a lender. They also unpack some of the benefits and common misconceptions surrounding digital lenders, and how agents ca

Today, we welcome Alex Villacorta to the Housing News podcast. Alex is currently the Chief Data Officer and co-founder at ResiShares, a residential real estate investment management firm. Before ResiShares, Alex held positions focusing on data and analytics at both HouseCanary and Clear Capital. Clayton and Alex cover a lot of ground during their conversation, including Alex's professional background, how he's developed his valuation and data expertise over the years, and how he's currently working to apply that data to the investment decisions at ResiShares. They also talk about how other companies in the housing ecosystem should be viewing ResiShares's innovative model and some of the predictions that Alex is making for 2023 and beyond — including how AI is emerging as a dominant technological force in valuation. Related to this episode: Connect with Alex on LinkedIn Resi Wrap - Top Ten Surprises of 2023 HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation'

HousingWire presents the Modern Mortgage Origination Master Class, a four-part educational series presented by Zillow Home Loans. This educational series features four classes designed to bring the HousingWire community expert-level knowledge on modern mortgage origination and how today’s homebuyer navigates the homebuying process. This episode features a conversation between Clayton Collins, CEO of HW Media and Amanda Pendleton, Zillow’s Home Trends Expert. Amanda works to translate Zillow's housing market data into actionable advice for homeowners, prospective homebuyers and housing professionals.  The conversation focuses on current home-buying trends informed by data from Zillow, including demographic trends around age, stage of life and gender. Amanda shares data and expertise on what the modern homebuyer expects from their lender, strategies real estate agents and loan originators can employ to better serve clients, how homebuyers are confronting affordability challenges and some surprising tactics home

Today, we're bringing you a crossover episode to your feed straight from the RealTrending podcast hosted by Tracy Velt, Senior Director of Data and Content for Housing Wire and RealTrends. This is a conversation between Tracey and Steve Capezza, the president of Side Real Estate. Steve joined Side earlier this year after a several years-long career with Zillow. We wanted to highlight this episode this week because the conversation really lifts the veil on how the real estate sales model is evolving and how top participants and professionals and real estate are consuming more market share each and every year. Steve also talks about the power behind a teamerage and what brokers should understand about the model. And  — he gives a sneak peek into what he'll be speaking about at this year's Gathering of Eagles on June 18-21st in Austin, Texas. Related to this episode: Side’s Steve Capezza on driving real estate team growth Connect with Steve on LinkedIn HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gatherin

We are dropping a special episode in your feed — the first of a four-part master class series presented by Zillow Home Loans. This series will feature experts from Zillow and across the housing industry who offer insights and strategies you can use today to best navigate today’s rapidly evolving mortgage market.  Today’s episode is a conversation between Clayton Collins and Orphe Divounguy, Ph.D., a senior economist for Zillow Home Loans and a member of Zillow’s Economic Research team. Orphe’s research focuses on housing and labor markets, and quantitative methods for policy evaluation. Orphe and Clayton unpack the current dynamics that buyers and sellers are seeing, some of the common public misconceptions about rates, and how affordability challenges and other driving forces are impacting the average homebuyer. They also chat about creative alternatives to traditional financing — and how agents should be seeing these alternatives as an opportunity to better serve consumers. Related to this episode: Master

On this episode of Housing News, we welcome a reoccurring HW Media face — Mike Simonson, the founder and president of Altos Research.  During the conversation, he gives Clayton a glimpse into the data that he is seeing during this really pivotal first week of May 2023, shares his summer 2023 forecast, and talks about where he thinks will end the year in terms of total active listings. He also gives Clayton some lessons on how we can best use data to understand what's happening in the housing market for agents, LOs and investors and also shed some light on some misconceptions and ways that people often use real estate and housing data incorrectly. Related to this episode: Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Mike on Twitter Altos Research HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring together the nation's top residential real estate CEOs, Presidents, and C-Level leadership teams to grow, network, and set the pace for what's next in our industry. 2023's Gathering of Eagles is at O

Today, we welcome Leigh Brown, President of the NC Association of REALTORS® and the Broker/Owner of One Community Real Estate. She's been in the real estate industry for over 20 years and is involved in a lot of facets of the industry and is probably a familiar face and voice to many of you, including those who listen to her Crazy Shit in Real Estate podcast.In today's conversation, Clayton focuses on some of the expertise that Leigh has built through her years as a real estate broker, what she's learned from her podcast, and some of her learnings as being involved in the National Association of Realtors and other trade organizations and events across the industry.Leigh is a great speaker and delivers information in a very entertaining and informative way — that's why we're bringing her to the stage this summer at the Gathering of Eagles in Austin, Texas. You can find out more info about RealTrend's Gathering of Eagles here to learn more and register your spot!Related to this episode: Connect with Leigh on L

This week, we have the pleasure of welcoming Gil Arbitsman, the Chief Financial Officer at UMortgage, to the Housing News podcast. For those of you that aren't familiar with the UMortgage, it's Anthony Casa's new mortgage origination shop — which Clayton got the chance to chat with Anthony about back in December of last year. Gil is also a 2023 HW Finance Leader Awardee. But this week, the conversation with Gil takes a different approach to look at a lot of the overlooked operational considerations of business development and marketing. Clayton and Gil talk about the financial considerations of growing, acquiring and recruiting in a tough market, really getting a glimpse into it from a top-notch finance leader who has a true focus on growth.Related to this episode: Connect with Gil on LinkedIn UMortgage UMortgage to acquire brokerage firm NXT  Former Guaranteed Rate SVP Ravi Patel and team join UMortgage - HousingWire HousingWire's Youtube Channel Enjoy the episode!Gathering of Eagles will bring togethe