Original Air Date: September 22, 2021
Where does the post-Covid housing market go from here?
After an unprecedented 18 months, there’s no place like home. While the pandemic driven recession was most likely the shortest in modern American economic history, the depth was historic! Now, as life gets back to normal the housing market faces more challenges. Hear from First American’s Chief Economist Mark Fleming as he discusses:
What does this mean for the mortgage market and the prospects of first-time homebuyers as house prices rise ever higher and affordability declines? Watch today to learn more.
Thank you to SoftPro for sponsoring this complimentary webinar series. Watch the full series: Part 1 featuring Douglas G. Duncan, Senior VP & Chief Economist, Fannie Mae Part 2 featuring Dr. Jessica Lautz, VP of Demographics & Behavior Insights, NAR Part 4 featuring Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist & Senior VP of Research and Industry Technology, MBA
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Mark Fleming Senior Vice President, Chief Economist First American Financial Corporation
Mark Fleming serves as the chief economist for First American Financial Corporation, a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions that traces its heritage back to 1889. In his role, he leads an economics team responsible for analysis, commentary and forecasting trends in the real estate and mortgage markets.
Fleming's research interests primarily include real estate and urban economics, applied econometrics and mortgage risk. He has published research in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Geographic Information Sciences. His research has also been published in the book, "Advances in Spatial Econometrics," and is a U.S. patent author.
As a trusted and influential voice with 20 years of experience in the mortgage and property information business, Fleming is frequently quoted by national news outlets and industry trade publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Housing Wire and he is a regular guest on high-profile broadcast news channels, including CBS, CNBC, Fox Business News and NPR.
Before joining First American, he developed insights and analytical products for CoreLogic, and property valuation models at Fannie Mae. Fleming graduated from the University of Maryland with a Master of Science and a doctorate in agricultural and resource economics and holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Swarthmore College. He lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area.
Leslie Wyatt Director of Regulatory Compliance SoftPro
Leslie Wyatt is the Director of Regulatory Compliance at SoftPro. She began her career in the real estate industry over 20 years ago, and joined SoftPro in 2002. She currently oversees the Compliance Department with her primary focus being on regulatory issues at the Federal, state and county levels.
Leslie is a member of the ALTA Implementation Task Force, the Title Action Network Steering Committee, the ALTA Government Affairs Committee, the ALTA Membership Committee, the ALTA Education Committee and the TLTA Federal Issues Committee. She has represented ALTA at a congressional briefing regarding the CFPB and the TRID changes. Leslie travels though out country speaking on our industry’s hot topics with a focus on regulatory and compliance. Leslie continuous to work with the CFPB on various projects regarding TRID, UCD, MISMO and other industry hot topics.
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