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New Home Insights Podcast

New Home Insights Podcast

By: John Burns Research and Consulting
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Summary

 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 Research and Consulting (JBREC) team. The podcast is hosted by Dean Wehrli, Principal at JBREC. Dean manages residential and commercial real estate consulting assignments across the country and has deep knowledge of California’s Bay Area, Sacramento, and Central Valley markets as well as Northern Nevada. John Burns Research and Consulting is an independent research provider and consulting firm focused on the housing industry. The company’s research subscribers receive the most accurate analysis possible to inform their macro investment decisions, and the company’s consulting clients receive specific property and portfolio investment advice designed to maximize profits. The team takes great pride in enabling the profitable development of the best places to live in the world.All rights reserved Economics
Episodes
  • Has Housing’s Spring Forward Stalled this Year?

    Has Housing’s Spring Forward Stalled this Year?
    May 10 2026
    Has Housing’s Spring Forward Stalled this Year? by John Burns Research and Consulting
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    44 mins
  • Separating Fact from Fear: Institutional Investors, SFR, and the Housing Debate

    Separating Fact from Fear: Institutional Investors, SFR, and the Housing Debate
    Apr 14 2026
    A note: this conversation was recorded on March 17, 2025, so any references to pending legislation reflect the state of the debate at that time. The debate over institutional ownership of single-family rental (SFR) homes has moved from industry trade publications to the floor of the U.S. Congress. A bill currently working its way through the legislative process would restrict large investors from buying additional SFR homes and require build-to-rent (BTR) communities to be sold off within seven years of completion. But what does the research actually say? Josh Coven, Assistant Professor of Real Estate at Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, joined the New Home Insights Podcast to walk through his findings — and the data challenges some of the most widely held assumptions about institutional investors, housing prices, and rental supply.
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    41 mins
  • Built to Last: How a Japanese Home Builder is Challenging American Construction

    Built to Last: How a Japanese Home Builder is Challenging American Construction
    Mar 20 2026
    Japanese firms have gone big on American housing. Sekisui House has been at the front of this line. The 65-year-old innovative Japanese builder has built a book of homebuilding brands that covers the country. Their most recent acquisition, Richmond American Homes, not only gave Sekisui a national footprint but also brought them David Viger, now the President and CEO of Sekisui House U.S. David Viger played football for both Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick, two of the most “demanding” (I’m being nice) coaches in NFL history. Now he works for Sekisui House. Sure, Sekisui once made him hold a ceramic panel with his bare hands while they scorched it with a blowtorch, but I bet he still feels like this is an upgrade. David joined us recently on The New Home Insights podcast to break down how Sekisui House U.S. is doing things differently.
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    50 mins
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