Top of Mind
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Top of Mind
The Top of Mind podcast features top real estate industry insiders and experts to unpack the most important housing, real estate, mortgage data and trends that are shaping the housing market. Hosted by Altos founder Mike Simonsen and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
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The Housing Market Game with Redfin’s Daryl Fairweather
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Dr. Daryl Fairweather, the chief economist for Redfin, to discuss the life an...
Lessons in Single-Family Rental with Amherst’s Sean Dobson
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Sean Dobson, the CEO and CIO of Amherst, to learn about the single-family ren...
Inventory is back to 2019 levels. Here’s what that means for 2025 (5/19/2025 Market Update)
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More Home Sellers and More Home Sales in May (5/12/25 Market Update)
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Tackling the Affordability Crisis with Dr. Arpit Gupta
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Dr. Arpit Gupta of NYU’s Stern School of Business. The two discuss Dr. Gupta’...
Home Sales Disappoint at the End of April (5/5/2025 Market Update)
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Easter Driven Home Sales Dip Masks Recent Growth (4/28/25 Market Update)
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Why April home sales are ahead of last year (4/21/25 Market Update)
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Home sales continue to improve over last year, can it hold up? (4/14/25 Market Update)
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The Next Chapter: Data is your license to think bigger with HousingWire's Clayton Collins
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike gets time with HW Media CEO and HousingWire publisher Clayton Collins to talk about the latest Housin...
How quickly does financial turmoil impact the housing market? (4/7/25 Market Update)
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Real Solutions to the Homeless Crisis with DignityMoves’ Elizabeth Funk
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Elizabeth Funk, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of DignityMoves, to talk ab...
Home price signals continue to weaken for 2025 (3/31/2025 Market Update)
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Weekly Pending Home Sales Are Finally Above Last Year (3/24/25 Market Update)
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Are we seeing the first “bad economy sellers” in 15 years? (3/17/25 Market Update)
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Mortgage Tech Insights with Adam Carmel
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Adam Carmel, CEO and founder of Polly, to talk about mortgage technology and...
Could homebuyers find bargains this spring? (3/10/25 Market Update)
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Will falling mortgage rates finally help the housing market? (3/3/25 Market Update)
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How the Brokerage Business is Changing
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Jason Waugh, president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates, to talk about how the r...
2025 could be the last year of inventory shortage (2/24/25 Market Update)
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Could Home Prices Turn Negative This Year? (2/17/25 Market Update)
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What’s Happening with Home Renovations
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Julie Kheyfets, CEO of Block Renovation, to talk about what’s happening with...
Has seller growth lost momentum? (2/10/25 Market Update)
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Weak demand is forcing more home sellers to reduce their asking price (2/3/25 Market Update)
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Zillow’s Take on the 2025 Housing Market
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Dr. Orphe Divounguy, senior economist with Zillow's Economic Research team, t...
Will we see home price declines in 2025? (1/27/25 Market Update)
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Home sales are stalled with 7% mortgages (1/20/25 Market Update)
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Decoding the 2025 Housing Market with Bill McBride
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Bill McBride from Calculated Risk to talk about what to expect in the housing...
More Home Sellers, Fewer Sales (1/13/25 Market Update)
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Did home sales momentum fizzle in December? (1/6/25 Market Update)
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The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025 (12/30/24 Market Update)
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“The Great Stay” Economy with Guy Berger
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Guy Berger, Director of Economic Research at the Burning Glass Institute, to...
What rising inventory means for the 2025 housing market (12/16/24 Market Update)
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Will 2025 finally be a normal housing market? (12/9/24 Market Update)
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The Latest on the Distressed Housing Market with Daren Blomquist
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Daren Blomquist from Auction.com to talk about the state of the distressed ho...
How migration is dividing the housing market in two (12/2/24 Market Update)
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Buying a home is growing even less affordable (11/25/24 Market Update)
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Insights into the 2025 housing market (11/18/24 Market Update)
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The Housing Market Outlook for 2025 with HousingWire’s Logan Mohtashami
In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Logan Mohtashami, lead analyst at HousingWire, to talk about his predictions...
Housing market pauses for the election, be ready for more inventory later in November (11/11/24 Market Update)
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