Episodes

Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Answering Your Top Questions on Real Estate Economics (Part 3) - EP 80
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi gather the entire First American Economics team one more time to address your top questions, examining migration patterns, inflation, the rate lock-in effect, maturing office debt, recession risk and more.

Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Answering Your Top Questions on Real Estate Economics (Part 2) - EP 79
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi once again gather the entire First American Economics team to address your top questions, this time digging into house prices, office-to-multifamily conversions, demographic trends, inflation, and the impact of work-from-home on housing demand.

Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi gather the entire First American Economics team to tackle the some of the most frequently asked questions they receive on the housing market, multi-family rent dynamics, mortgage rates, demographic trends and more.

Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Giving Thanks to Homeownership and its Wealth-Generating Benefits - EP 77
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi dig into recently released Survey of Consumer Finance data with Economist Ksenia Potapov to explain why they’re thankful for homeownership and its wealth-generating benefits.

Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Will Industrial Properties Remain a Bright Spot in Commercial Real Estate? - EP 76
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the outlook for one of the relative bright spots in the commercial real estate economy – industrial real estate – with Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder.

Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Why the 1980s Offers the Best Comp for Today’s Housing Market - EP 75
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi compare the dynamics of today’s challenging housing market with the housing market crash of the mid-to-late 2000s and the housing market of the early 1980s.

Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Why are Property Insurance Costs Soaring? - EP 74
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder discuss the dynamics fueling the dramatic increase in property insurance premiums and how soaring property insurance costs may impact residential and commercial real estate markets.

Thursday Sep 28, 2023
How ‘the Force’ of Demographic Trends will Impact the Housing Market - EP 73
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Economist Ksenia Potapov discuss how demographic forces can influence both home-buying demand and supply as millennials and Baby Boomers age into important phases of life that will impact the housing market.

Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Should You Rent or Buy a Home Right Now? - EP 72
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the timeless, yet extremely timely question – to be or not to be a homeowner?

Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine why mortgage rates have drifted higher by breaking down the components of the spread between the average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, explaining how each component is contributing to rising mortgage rates.

The REconomy Podcast™
First American’s podcast examining the economic forces that influence real estate, housing and affordability, featuring First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming, Ph.D. and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi.