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Understand the Forces Shaping the Economy & the Housing Market - Make Informed Decisions -
Join us each week for a conversation with economist Rodney Johnson, President of HS Dent with host Howard Voyles. The most informative 20 minutes you will spend each week.
2/6/2012
12:00 pm EST
“Will an Improving Economy Leave Housing Behind?”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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Past Episodes
ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update
Mondays
Understand the Forces Shaping the Economy & the Housing Market - Make Informed Decisions -
Join us each week for a conversation with economist Rodney Johnson, President of HS Dent with host Howard Voyles. The most informative 20 minutes you will spend each week.
1/30/2012
12:00 pm EST
“Impact of Quantitative Easing & Inflation on Housing”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 1/23/2012
“Many Signs That Housing Has Hit Bottom!”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 1/16/2012
“Real Job Numbers, Recovery & Housing!”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 1/09/2011
“A Great Start for 2012!”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update
Mondays
Understand the Forces Shaping the Economy & the Housing Market - Make Informed Decisions -
Join us each week for a conversation with economist Rodney Johnson, President of HS Dent with host Howard Voyles. The most informative 20 minutes you will spend each week.
1/16/2012
12:00 pm EST
“Real Job Numbers, Recovery & Housing!”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 12/12/2011
“Consensus is Growing that Housing Bottom is Near”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 12/05/2011
“ENCOURAGING SIGNS IN HOUSING!”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 11/28/2011
“IMPROVEMENTS IN JOBS AND HOUSING?”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 11/21/2011
“A RAY OF LIGHT FOR THE HOUSING MARKET”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 11/14/2011
“US ECONOMY AND THE DIRECTION OF HOUSING”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 11/07/2011
“LOW RATES, REFINANCE PROGRAMS AND HOUSING”
A close look at this week’s economic event’s impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 10/31/2011
“INFLATION, DEFLATION AND THE HOUSING MARKET”
A close look at this week’s economic events' impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 10/24/2011
“ECONOMIC UNDERCURRENT AND THE HOUSING MARKET”
A close look at this week’s economic events' impact on the housing market
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 10/03/2011
How will the FHFA Refinancing efforts, Fed interest rate & the Housing Market?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 09/26/2011
“THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AND U.S. HOUSING”
What are the global economic issues and how are they impacting U.S. Housing?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 09/19/2011
“JUST BOUNCING ALONG NEAR THE BOTTOM”
Now that Obama is outlining his new economic stimulus proposal, how will it impact housing?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 09/12/2011
“HOW WILL THE JOBS ACT (stimulus) IMPACT HOUSING?”
Now that Obama is outlining his new economic stimulus proposal, how will it impact housing?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 09/05/2011
“THE IMPACT OF REOS ON THE HOUSING MARKET”
What are the implications of the growing “Shadow Inventory” of REOs on the housing market sales and home prices?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 08/29/2011
“CLOSE LOOK AT JACKSON HOLE, THE FED, ECONOMY & HOUSING”
What did Fed Chairman Bernanke really say in Jackson Hole? What actions is the Fed likely to take and how could they impact the economy & housing?
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 08/22/2011
“How The US Economic Turmoil Is Impact Housing”
In Discussion This Week: Close look at the Producer and Consumer Price Indices, and how they are impacting the Housing Market. Plus - how low mortgage rates and affordability are influencing home sales.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 08/15/2011
“STOCK MARKET, FED RATES AND HOUSING”
How will the Fed holding rates down into 1013 impact housing? Also in the discussion: REO rental developments, the “bipolar” stock market, global economic developments and movement of institutional money.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 08/08/2011
“SOFT SPOT OR DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION?”
Debt Default Status. The direction of Jobs & Home Sales and Foreclosures.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 08/01/2011
“THE 600 POUND GORILLA”
Debt Default Status. The direction of Jobs & Home Sales and Foreclosures.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the Week of 07/25/2011
“DEAL OR NO DEAL”
Treasury Default, Jobs, Foreclosures & Existing Home Sales and their impact on housing.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 07/18/2011
Debt Ceiling’s Impact on Housing
Jobs, the Employment Situation, debt ceiling, new mortgage loan limits and their impact on housing.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 07/11/2011
NEW LOAN LIMITS IMPACT ON HOUSING?
Jobs, the Employment Situation, debt ceiling, new mortgage loan limits and their impact on housing.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 07/05/2011
IS HOUSING TRAILING OR LEADING THE ECONOMY?
Key economic releases include: Jobs, Employment, Credit, Pending Home Sales & Construction Spending
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 06/27/2011
HOUSING, THE SUMMER SEASON!
Key economic releases discussed include: Case-Shiller HPI, Pending Home Sales, Construction Spending, Jobs, and Consumer Confidence.
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ECONOMIC & HOUSING Update For the week of 06/20/2011
WEAKNESS IN HOUSING SECTOR!
Key economic issues discussed include: New and Existing Home Sales, Fed Policy Statement, GDP and Home Foreclosures.
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On Demand Broadcasts
Friday, May 13: Barrett Burns
Original Air Date: 5/13/2011 1:00 pm EST Credit Reporting: New Regulations and Trends
This Week's Guest: Barrett Burns,
CEO of VantageScore Solutions
Credit is a key factor in nearly all real estate transactions, Let’s face it, a borrower’s credit score is one of the most critical factors used when qualifying a prospective mortgage borrower. For years the standard has been the FICO.
A short while ago the three major credit repositories (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) formed VantageScore Solutions to create a reporting methodology that takes into account more factors when calculating your Credit Score.
Recently they introduced their 2.0 release. So, to help us better understand what a VantageScore is we invited their CEO, Barrett Burns to join our conversation today.
About Barrett Burns
Barrett Burns joined VantageScore Solutions with more than three decades of professional experience in risk and credit management. He has held a diverse number of national and international leadership positions at several of the country's most prestigious financial services companies including US Trust, where he was executive vice president heading the National Private Banking Group and a member of U.S. Trust’s Executive Committee and the Senior Management Team of parent company, The Charles Schwab Corporation.
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Friday, May 6: Michael J. D’Alonzo
Original Air Date: 5/6/2011 1:00 pm EST Impact Of Recent Regulations On Home Financing
Michael will be discussing the current state of the mortgage industry, how credit tightening has affected potential buyers' ability to qualify and how some recent regulations such as the SAFE act have changed the industry.
This Week's Guest: Michael J. D’Alonzo, CMC, President of the NAMB National Association of Mortgage Brokers and President/Owner of Creative Mortgage Group, Inc.
He is currently the President/Owner of Creative Mortgage Group, Inc. A full service mortgage broker located in Maple Glen, Pennsylvania.
Mr. D’Alonzo has been working in the mortgage industry since 1986. Early in his career he worked for several mortgage companies in a sales capacity. In 1992 he ventured out on his own and started Creative Mortgage Group, Inc. He now has three offices located in Montgomery and Bucks counties.
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Friday, April 29: Doug Smith
Original Air Date: 4/29/2011 1:00 pm EST Making Money in Today’s Mortgage Market
Is all the big money gone? With the downturn in housing demand, lower sales prices, new compensation laws and tighter competition, can loan originators still earn a respectable income?
Join our conversation with a top industry expert and true mortgage sales specialist to find out if you can make the big bucks now and in the years to come.
This Week's Guest: Doug Smith, founder of Douglas Smith & Associates
Doug Smith is one of the most popular and sought after speakers and sales trainers in the home financing and real estate industry. He delivers more than 100 presentations, seminars, webinars and workshops each year and is the author of two books: Climbing the Ladder of Success and Green Zone Selling.
Doug is not a motivational speaker, but an “activational” speaker. He shows people how to take action and move forward to find more customers, close more transactions, and make more money. Doug has served this industry for 27 years. He and his family reside in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Friday, April 22: Lee Brodsky
Original Air Date: 4/22/2011 1:00 pm EST Taking Risk Out Of Doing Business
Insurance Risk Management is one of those necessary subjects we often try to avoid. But it is a factor in business we must address. We can’t avoid risk but we can transfer to another entity and that is most commonly accomplished via an insurance policy with a respected and highly rated insurance firm.
This Week's Guest: Lee Brodsky, JMB Insurance, Mtg. Banking Ins Group
Lee Brodsky is a 35 year veteran of the insurance industry focusing on the mortgage banking community. For the past 7 years Lee Brodsky has been the President of the Mortgage Banking Insurance Group at JMB Insurance.
Prior to that Lee was at Aon for 29 years where he was the President of their mortgage banking insurance subsidiary and Bankers Insurance Service, for 20 years. He has written a number of insurance articles focused on the mortgage industry as well as spoken at a variety of mortgage banking conferences.
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Friday, April 15: Joe Clement
Original Air Date: 4/15/2011 1:00 pm EST Building a Winning Team
This Week's Guest: Joe Clement, ABR, CRB, CRP, CRS, QSC, CDPE; CEO RE/Max Professionals
Joe has been involved in real estate since 1977. He has won numerous awards for real estate sales, including the highest awards from RE/MAX International, “The RE/MAX Hall of Fame” and “The Lifetime Achievement Award.” Joe is based in Colorado Springs, CO, is President of RE/MAX Properties in Colorado Springs, CO with over 200 real estate agents and he is always busy in civic activities.
Joe will share how he built a winning team that is consistently among nation’s the top sales producers.
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Friday, April 8: Tom Ninness
Original Air Date: 4/8/2011 1:00 pm EST Building Professional Referral Sources
This Week's Guest: Tom Ninness, VP of Cherry Creek Mortgage, President of Summit Champions
Tom Ninness is Vice President/Regional Production Manager for Cherry Creek Mortgage in Denver, CO. He is also the President of Summit Champions, Inc. and creator of the “The 90 Day Journey to Your Sales Success”, a powerful 90 day action plan for the sales professional. To learn more about what Summit Champions offers, visit http://www.90dayjourney.com/, http://www.summitchampions.com/ or contact Tom at information@summitchampions.com Office: 303-840-0753.
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Friday, April 1: Steve Haslam
Original Air Date: 4/1/2011 1:00 pm EST What is The State of Property Evaluations – Future of Appraisals?
This Week's Guest: Steve Haslam, Pres/CEO StreetLinks Natl. Appraisal Services
Steve Haslam - CEO
Steve is a 20 year mortgage industry veteran who has led all aspects of national retail and brokerage platforms. Steve also led one of the nation's largest captive appraisal management companies. Steve joined StreetLinks because, “as a former customer ordering thousands of appraisals per month, StreetLinks was the only company who could consistently meet the demands of everyone in the lending cycle – from LO to Processor to Underwriter to Investor; given the current lending and regulatory environment, and having been a customer of almost every major traditional appraisal management company in my career, StreetLinks is positioned as the 'best of breed' to meet the appraisal needs of this market."
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Friday, March 25
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 1:00 PM ET What Is Really Happening To Residential Lending?
Howard's special guest will be Dennis Santiago, CEO, Inst Risk Analytics (IRA). Dennis and his team design and build analysis and scoring system that measure financial risks for credit officers and anyone responsible for managing risk. This program will give you the listener insights to how many business leaders are looking at risk in today’s environment.
Dennis oversees IRA's risk analysis, ratings methodology development and institutional consulting operations. He is the architect of the company's institutional research and ratings tools, including the IRA Bank Monitor, IRA Corporate Monitor and IRA SEC Catalog. He holds a BSEE from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.
Howard & Dennis will be discussing:
What is really happening to residential lending?
Mortgage Resets - how many homeowners will be able to remain homeowners?
Defective Mortgages – what will happen to mortgage originations when the bad loans come home?
MBS market status
Trends & what is next
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March 18: Dirk Zeller
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 2:00 PM ET Building Value and Create Buyer Urgency in Today’s Marketplace
Special Guest is Dirk Zeller, CEO of Real Estate Champions, nationally acclaimed speaker, coach and trainer. Dirk will share his insights on how to build value and create buyer urgency in today’s market place. This is for all sales professionals including Real Estate, Mortgage Lending and Title Services. You don’t want to miss the broadcast.
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