New Home Insights Podcast

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.

The kitchen is widely seen as the heart of a home. It is the place where families begin and end their days together and where hosts entertain their guests. If you want to know more about how this critical space is evolving, you need to listen to our latest podcast where Dan Clements and Jessica McConnell of Whirlpool joined us at our recent New Home Trends Institute Design Summit. Since we recorded this prior to the pandemic, stay tuned for the post-COVID follow-up with Dan which begins around the 22 minute mark.

John Burns Real Estate Consulting's own Senior Vice President, Jody Kahn, and Senior Manager, Devyn Bachman, take us on a quick history trip from the pre-COVID past to the up-to-the-minute present. They trace a market that went from boom to bust to a bigger boom.

In this podcast, Minto Communities' President of Latitude Margaritaville Bill Bullock will inspire you to think outside the box to partner with an iconic brand. Minto’s partnership with Jimmy Buffett has resulted in roughly 400 home sales per year each of the last two years in Daytona Beach—the second highest number of sales for a single-builder master plan in the country.

Jordan Broggi, Vice President of Finance (Merchandising) at The Home Depot, shares what the company has learned from their recent 23% surge in revenue.

Steve Hilton, CEO of Meritage Homes, shares his thoughts on the cultural transition he went through, the ups and downs of 2020, and the strategic importance of Meritage’s pioneering investments in energy efficiency.

Dean Wehrli and Greg West, CEO of ZOM Living, discuss short-term and long-term trends in the apartment market.

Jason Keller, Oaktree Capital's Managing Director in charge of residential investments, shares his thoughts on high yield investing in 2020.

Bill Ramsey, a Denver-based architect at KTGY, shares how COVID-19 is changing what we want from our homes and which of these changes might outlast the pandemic.

In this podcast, Jim Van Kirk discusses how several technology investments enabled Smith Douglas Homes to achieve their best sales week ever in the one ending May 3, 2020. The company sells 1500+ affordably priced homes per year throughout the Southeast.

In this podcast, Emile Haddad, CEO of publicly traded land developer FivePoint Holdings, describes how these experiences as well as bankruptcies at two prior employers, helped him prepare for the next black swan event—and helps him guide his team through these difficult times.

Dean Wehrli interviews Zach Williams from the digital marketing agency Venveo to learn what strategies are working best today during the COVID-19 crisis.