HousingWire Daily
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.
Episodes
August 5, 2025 • 28 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about mortgage rates, residential construction labor and Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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August 4, 2025 • 26 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Mike Simonsen, chief economist at Compass, about what happens to housing inventory if mortgage rates fall.
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August 2, 2025 • 27 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the big miss on the jobs report and what it means for Powell, rate cuts and mortgage rates going forward.
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July jobs report miss puts September rate cut and lower mortgage rates in play | HousingWire
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August 1, 2025 • 23 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about where mortgage rates are headed for the rest of year given Fed policy, economic headwinds, tariffs and more.
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July 31, 2025 • 23 mins
On today’s podcast, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the Fed meeting and how Powell may have moved the goalposts on unemployment.
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July 30, 2025 • 27 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins about why homebuilding is more important than ever in this housing market, and how AI is changing so much in our industry — including at HousingWire.
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HW Media acquires The Builder’s Daily | HousingWire
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July 29, 2025 • 28 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the latest on tariffs and inventory data.
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July 28, 2025 • 23 mins
On this episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about what he thinks will happen this week, which features both a Fed meeting and the monthly jobs data.
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July 25, 2025 • 27 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about whether the Federal Reserve should care about home prices and make policy accordingly.
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Home prices hit all-time high, but more inventory cools price growth | HousingWire
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July 24, 2025 • 24 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about how to read the purchase applications data and what’s going on with existing home sales.
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Purchase apps are very confusing this year, but new listings are key | HousingWire
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July 23, 2025 • 33 mins
On today’s sponsored episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Raj Nair, CEO of Indecomm Global Services, about how lenders are deploying gen AI while still keeping important guardrails in place.
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July 22, 2025 • 26 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about Opendoor stock skyrocketing, new and existing home sales, and mortgage spreads.
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July 21, 2025 • 24 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about unlikely July rate cuts, whether Chris Waller will be Trump’s shadow Fed president and the latest homebuilder data.
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Single-family construction is getting worse due to rates
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July 18, 2025 • 24 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about what happens to housing if the Fed doesn’t cut rates at all this year.
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July 17, 2025 • 30 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about President Trump’s battle with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and why firing Powell won’t achieve Trump’s goal of lower mortgage rates.
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July 16, 2025 • 25 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about the Q2 mortgage volume and profits reported by Chase and Wells Fargo, as well as the latest on Bayview’s acquisition of Guild and VantageScore 4.0.
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JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo see mortgage volumes surge in Q2 (but not profits)
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July 15, 2025 • 26 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about inventory, mortgage spreads, a possible cut of the capital gains tax, and Jerome Powell.
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Housing inventory actually fell last week. What is going on?
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July 14, 2025 • 17 mins
On today's episode, HousingWire's Senior Director of Data and Content Tracey Velt talks to Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami on what happens to inventory if rates get to 6%, inflation predictions and what the Fed will be looking at over the next six months.
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What's Fed Chair Jerome Powell's next move on rate cuts?
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July 11, 2025 • 27 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks to Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about the purchase application data, which showed 25% year over year growth this week, and 9% week to week growth.
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July 10, 2025 • 24 mins
On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about the FHFA's announcement this week that VantageScore 4.0 would be accepted by Fannie and Freddie effective immediately.
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Pulte says GSEs will accept VantageScore 4.0 immediately
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