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On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins interviewed Adam Carmel, the founder and CEO of Polly. In this live interview at HousingWire Annual in Austin, TX, Clayton and Adam discuss mortgage pricing, capital markets, and the data that provides a glimpse into what to expect ahead. 

Adam talks about how the team at Polly is working to transform their platform to be multidimensional and relational for client needs and how predictive analytics and machine learning are the future. They also talk about the trouble with forecasting mortgage rates, what the next quarter will bring, and why it sometimes pays off to be a contrarian. 

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins speaks with Nate Levin, a seasoned investor in the fintech and real estate technology space, as well as a 2023 HousingWire Rising Star. Nate has advised Fortune 500 C-suite teams in mortgage, real estate, and financial services on digital strategy and new business creation. This episode was recorded at our recent HousingWire Annual event where Nate spoke about the future of proptech.

In today’s episode, he and Clayton talk about Nate's path to becoming an investor, advice for those trying to raise capital and the current market dynamics he's seeing in the venture capital and private equity investing space as the market undergoes massive evolutionary changes.

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins speaks with OPX-America founder and partner Henry Santos. Henry has served as the global director of Housing Finance and Real Estate Services at Infosys, the head of Housing Finance and Lending Solutions at IBM and has also had roles at Fidelity National Information Systems, Capco, and Accenture. He is joining us this week with a particularly unique perspective of diverse sectors of the economy, from athletics, higher education, manufacturing, banking, and, currently, housing financial services. 

In today’s episode, he talks to Clayton about building global workforces, the struggle of old architecture in mortgage manufacturing, and how using AI-powered solutions could be the key to industry evolution. 

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins speaks with. Ryan Marshall, the founder and CEO of EquityProtect. Ryan’s journey is an interesting one, starting as an 18-year-old living in his car to being one of the region's most esteemed real estate agents. He eventually found his way into the dynamic realm of cybersecurity fintech with the launch of EquityProtect this past May. 

In today’s conversation, Ryan and Clayton start out talking about a very interesting and unexpected side of his life as he’s about to head off into a 45-day totally off-grind hunting trip. They then dive into Ryan’s journey that started with selling real estate out of his car in Orange County, the impacts of the great financial crisis on his professional life and what led him to the business that he is operating today.

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins speaks with Sarah Dekin, the president and chief operating officer at Hometap and a 2023 HousingWire Women of Influence winner. Sarah joined Hometap in 2017 as their chief marketing officer, following her previous roles at many notable brands, including Zipcar, House of Blues, California Pizza Kitchen and Virgin. She brings a powerful combination of strategy, product and marketing expertise in both the consumer and B2B spaces.

During today’s conversation, she and Clayton explore the home equity investment space, the different business models that consumers and homeowners are tapping to access their home equity, and some of the opportunities that lie ahead. 

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

80% of U.S. homeowners are not incentivized to refinance until rates fall below 4.0%. 38% of homes are owned outright without a mortgage. We haven’t built enough homes to outpace household formation in 13 years. These are some of the data points we discuss in today’s episode of Housing News. 

Vadim Verkhoglyad, Head of Research at dv01, reveals proprietary research on mortgage and real estate market trends. Vadim is one of the only housing researchers who understands the housing market from end to end – with a career experience spanning from capital markets to fintech. Clayton and Vadim explore supply and demand imbalances, the impact of volatility on pricing, and how demographics will impact housing in the coming years. 

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins had the chance to sit down in person at our Dallas office to record with two fantastic guests: Kyle Baugh and Dan Carson. Kyle is a top-producing agent with Compass Real Estate in the Dallas area and Dan is the SVP and Producing Partnership Area Manager at OriginPoint.

During their conversation, the three chat a lot about the realtor and agent partnership, what they expect from each other and how they can drive success and business for each other. They talk about the local Dallas housing market and the national market and the kinds of Altos Research data they want to bring to the table. Kyle and Dan also get into what they expect in the coming year and how they're preparing their businesses to be successful in Q4 of 2023 and into 2024.

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The Housing News podcast explores the most critical topics in mortgage, real estate and fintech. A new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show each week to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with the CEO of Mr. Cooper Group, Jay Bray. Jay brings more than 25 years of experience to the table, including his time at Mr. Cooper as well as with both Arthur Anderson and Bank of America.

Today, he and Clayton reflect on mortgage servicing rights and the two major acquisitions Mr. Cooper has announced so far in 2023: HomePoint Capital and Roosevelt Management Company. They get into why the Roosevelt deal, specifically, might be a game changer for the servicing space, and the current trends they’re seeing that are worth watching as independent mortgage banks and depository lending institutions are retaining and selling MSRs.

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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 industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!

The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins has another chat with a guest you might remember from earlier this year during our Secondary Market Master Class Series, Parvesh Sahi. Parvesh is Polly’s Chief Revenue Officer and brings experience with corporate strategy and business development in the B2B and B2B2C financial services software industry to the table. Before joining Polly, Parvesh spent over a decade at ICE Mortgage Technology in various executive roles, leading sales, strategy, client management, and business development teams across the Ellie Mae, MERS, and Simplifile brands. 

Today, Parvesh and Clayton quickly recap Polly’s master class, industry leadership, and being technologically agile. They also chat about what Polly’s doing to revolutionize the mortgage capital markets, the importance of building well-oiled vertical integration flows, and how other niche data points of the larger mortgage market affect the mortgage-backed securities market in unsuspecting ways.

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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 industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!

The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.

On today’s episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins had the opportunity to interview a really phenomenal leader in the housing finance sector, Jennifer McGuinness. She is currently the CEO of Pivot Financial, previously president of Invigorate Finance, and her 25-year career spans from origination to tech to asset management. Jennifer built the first hedge fund issuer of AAA-rated RMBS securities collateralized by a newly originated loan. She was also a HousingWire Woman of Influence in 2023 and a HousingWire Vanguard back in 2019.

In this episode, Jennifer shares some of her expertise about the jumbo prime securitization market and the crazy experience she had back in 2014 heading the deal team responsible for becoming the first hedge fund issuer of AAA-rated RMBS securities. They also talk about careful economic decision-making that’s done with imperfect information, what she’s seeing in this rate environment and recent mortgage consolidation trends.

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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 industry playmakers. Click here to learn more!

The Housing News podcast explores the most important topics happening in mortgage, real estate and fintech. Each week a new mortgage or real estate executive joins the show to add perspective to the top stories crossing HousingWire’s news desk. Hosted by Clayton Collins and produced by the HW Media team.