New Home Insights Podcast
The Premiere Podcast for Insights on the US Housing Market
Issues, interviews, and insights into the U.S. housing market. Monthly takes on what’s happening in the housing market today, and what might be happening tomorrow. From the John Burns Real Estate Consulting team.
Episode 42: The Invisible Kitchen: Whirlpool’s Consumer Trends before and after COVID-19
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.
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Episode 41: 2020’s Boom, Mini-Bust, and Boom
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. Read the full release.
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Episode 39: The Home Depot’s Amazing Run
Jordan Broggi, Vice President of Finance (Merchandising) at The Home Depot, shares what the company has learned from their recent 23% surge in revenue. Read the full release.
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Episode 38: A Great Time to Be Delivering the American Dream
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. Read the full release.
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Episode 37: How Apartments Can Adapt and Thrive as the Market Shifts
Dean Wehrli and Greg West, CEO of ZOM Living, discuss short-term and long-term trends in the apartment market. Read the full release.
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Episode 36: Investing All over the Place and All the Time
Jason Keller, Oaktree Capital’s Managing Director in charge of residential investments, shares his thoughts on high-yield investing in 2020. Read the full release.
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Episode 35: Design Changes for Life Changes
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. Read the full release.
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Episode 34: Record Sales Aided by Technology Investments
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. Read the full release.
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Episode 33: Inspiration for ‘When the World Goes Upside Down’
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. Read the full release.
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Episode 32: Successful Online Marketing Strategies during the COVID-19 Crisis
Dean Wehrli interviews Zach Williams from the digital marketing agency Venveo to learn what strategies are working best today. Read the full release.
Episode 31: March 19, 2020 Housing Survival to Date
John Burns and Dean Wehrli recorded this podcast episode on March 19, 2020, right after our second weekly client webinar amidst the Covid-19 crisis. They discussed some of our market conclusions to date and our best estimate of some of the changes we believe will occur. Read the full release.
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