We speak with Tony Avila, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Encore Capital Management, about today’s M&A climate and what it takes to make a deal go smoothly.

We chat with Jamie Siminoff, inventor of Ring, and Eric Feder, Managing General Partner of LENx (Lennar’s innovation and venture capital investing arm), about the benefits of integrating technology in the home.

Truly the jack of all trades, Barry Habib has done everything from producing a Broadway show to acting, singing, and being one of the brightest minds in real estate—particularly when it comes to the mortgage sector. In this podcast, Barry Habib of MBS Highway explains the inner workings of the mortgage market

Kirsten Jordan, the newest—and first female—cast member of Million Dollar Listing New York, gives us a glimpse into the luxury real estate market.

Our homes are so much more than just the places where we live and cook and sleep. They are a representation of ourselves. In this podcast Liza Hausman, Vice President of Industry Marketing and Community at Houzz, provides far more than a glimpse at today’s hottest topics in home design and décor.

Greg Vogel, founder and CEO of Land Advisors, gives us a rundown on today’s hottest topics related to land.

In this two-part podcast, we find out what makes the top master plans tick and what trends they picked up on that will be shaping the new home market ahead.

In part two we talked to:

-Colleen Edwards, Marketing Director at River Islands

-Laura Cole, Senior Vice President at Lakewood Ranch

-Christen Johnson, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Johnson Development

In this two-part podcast, we find out what makes the top master plans tick and what trends they picked up on that will be shaping the new home market ahead.

In part one we talked to:

-Cameron Jackson, Director of Marketing at Daybreak Communities

-Caitlyn Lai-Valenti, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing at Brookfield Residential

-Peter Dennehy, Vice President of Customer and Market Research at Newland

Jenni Lantz and Mikaela Sharp of the New Home Trends Institute join host Dean Wehrli to give us a comprehensive overview of ongoing and future home and design trends.

Today’s headlines are filled with stories of record home price appreciation and surging housing demand. But housing, of course, is notorious for its cycles. Though we are riding a tremendous wave, there are always risks ahead we should consider. One the sharpest minds in the industry is constantly assessing these risks, in between notes on her favorite gas station Chardonnay. In this episode, we talk with Melissa Abel of Texas Capital Bank. She provides insights on some of the things that keep her up at night—and how we might solve them.