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The Invisible Kitchen: Whirlpool’s Consumer Trends before and after COVID-19

by Dean Wehrli & Shelly Chen December 3, 2020

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 …

2020’s Boom, Mini-Bust, and Boom

by Jody Kahn & Devyn Bachman & Dean Wehrli October 28, 2020

Many forget that the housing market was booming in January and February. In this podcast, host Dean Wehrli and John Burns Real Estate Consulting’s own Senior Vice President Jody Kahn and Senior Manager Devyn Bachman take us on a quick history trip …

Successful Brand Partnerships

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli October 13, 2020

How would you like to have a branding partnership that has sold over 800 homes in two years and has generated an interest list of 300,000+ home buyers? In this podcast, host Dean Wehrli and Minto’s President of Latitude Margaritaville …

The Home Depot’s Amazing Run

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli September 8, 2020

Who knows more about changes in consumer housing preferences than The Home Depot—the 400,000+ employee, $110 billion per year home improvement retailer? In this podcast Jordan Broggi from The Home Depot shares what the company has learned from their recent …

A Great Time to Be Delivering the American Dream

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli August 12, 2020

Steve Hilton, the CEO and founder of the 7th-largest home builder in country, flipped luxury home builder Meritage Homes upside down a few years ago, turning them into one of the largest entry-level spec builders in the country. That spec …

How Apartments Can Adapt and Thrive as the Market Shifts

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli July 21, 2020

It may not exactly be “adapt or die” for apartments in the changing world, but it is adapt or wither. Luckily, says Greg West, CEO of ZOM Living, apartments have already started many of the adaptations they will need to …

Investing All over the Place and All the Time

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli July 1, 2020

Jason Keller, Oaktree Capital’s Managing Director in charge of residential investments, shares his thoughts on high-yield investing in 2020. Host Dean Wehrli asked some of the best questions I have ever heard him ask. Jason has the advantage of working …

The Light: Virtual Empathy

by Dean Wehrli & Kristin Matthews June 19, 2020

New home marketing will never be the same. The home is more of a place of refuge and safety than ever before. For many more, the home is also now their office. Here are some marketing tactics we see working. …

Design Changes for Life Changes

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli June 3, 2020

  “The house is a reaction to the way people live.’” -Bill Ramsey, Principal, KTGY   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 …

Record Sales Aided by Technology Investments

by John Burns & Dean Wehrli May 14, 2020

In this podcast, learn 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. Partnering with …