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The REconomy Podcast
First American’s economic podcast examining the forces that influence real estate, housing and affordability, featuring First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming, Ph.D. and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi.
Episodes
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Equity-Rich and Rate-Locked: The HELOC Era is Here - EP 154
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi dig into First American Data & Analytics’…
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Water, Power and Data Centers: Understanding the Demands on Infrastructure - EP 153
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Principal Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder tackle two…
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The Sun Belt Apartment Glut Has Peaked. Now Comes the Hard Part: Leasing It. - EP 152
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Principal Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder examine how the…
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The Silver Housing Handoff: How the Aging of America Will Reshape Housing Market by Market - EP 151
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explain the looming the silver housing handoff…
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How the Housing and Real Estate Conversation Has Evolved Over 150 Episodes - EP 150
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Principal Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder commemorate reaching the…
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The Slow-Motion Shift That Will Reshape the Housing Market - EP 149
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the slow-moving demographic forces…
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Are Rising Foreclosures a Concern for the Housing Market? - EP 148
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine rising foreclosure data and help put the…
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CRE Mid-Year Outlook: The Great Repricing Is Mostly Over. Now What? - EP 147
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Principal Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder examine the…
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2026 Mid-Year Outlook: What to Expect from the Housing Market for the Rest of the Year - EP 146
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi revisit their 2026 outlook and discuss where the…
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The Overlooked Infrastructure Underpinning America’s $5 Trillion Real Estate Economy - EP 145
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explore the often-overlooked infrastructure that…
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Data Center Demand, it’s Not Just an AI Story - EP 144
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Principal Commercial Economist Xander Snyder examine the seemingly endless…
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Four Million Missing Home Sales: The Hidden Scale of America's Pent-Up Housing Demand - EP 143
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi mark National Homeownership Month by examining…
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Is This the End of the ‘Extend and Pretend’ Era? - EP 142
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder examine whether the commercial…
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Tracing Housing Affordability Across Generations – Who Had It Worse? - EP 141
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi tackle a common misconception that housing has…
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Are Retail Property Prices Really Falling? - EP 140
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder unpack the seemingly conflicting…
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Industrial Cap Rates Stabilize After Pandemic Volatility - EP 139
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder and Chief Economist Mark Fleming trace the full arc of…
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Will Rising Energy Prices Scramble the Spring Home-Buying Season? - EP 138
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explore whether the 2026 spring home-buying…
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The Four Keys that May Unlock the Economy and Housing Market in 2026 - EP 137
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explore four key dynamics that are shaping the…
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What’s Shaping Homeownership Demand Ahead of the 2026 Spring Home-Buying Season? - EP 136
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the demographic trends shaping…
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A CRE Shift – When Office Conversions May Start to Materially Impact the National Office Market - EP 135
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast, Chief Economist Mark Fleming, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi, and Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander…
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Back to the CRE Future: What the 1990s Tell us about the New CRE Cycle - EP 134
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi go back to the commercial real estate future with…
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Homebuilders Maintain their Advantage Over the Existing-Home Market…for Now - EP 133
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi dig into their 2026 outlook for the new-home…
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New Year, New Housing Market? Resolutions for 2026 - EP 132
In this New Year’s episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi offer their “resolutions” for the 2026…
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Homeownership Steals the Scene in the Holiday Movie Classics (Special Holiday Edition)
In this special holiday episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi unwrap the hidden homeownership…
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Commercial Real Estate Turns a Corner: What to Expect in 2026 - EP 131
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi dig into the 2026 outlook for commercial real…
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Will the Fed side with Snow Miser or Heat Miser on Rates? - EP 130
In this holiday-themed episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi channel the classic Heat Miser and…
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The Grateful Eight – A Thanksgiving Recipe for Housing Market Optimism - EP 129
In this Thanksgiving-themed episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi carve up the 2025 housing…
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Bubble Busters – Debunking the Scariest Housing Headlines - EP 128
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi shine a light on the housing market’s scariest…
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Can We All Just De-Stress About Distress in Commercial Real Estate? - EP 127
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder break down whether the commercial…
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Why the Housing Market Recovery is Less Reliant on Federal Reserve Rate Cuts than Many Believe - EP 126
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi break down why Federal Reserve rate cuts don’t…
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Housing Affordability Through the Lens of History and the NFL - EP 125
In this episode of the REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explore the state of housing affordability…
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Flight to Quality or Softening Demand? What’s Driving the Shift in the Industrial CRE Market - EP 124
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi welcome back Senior Commercial Real Estate…
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Housing Market at a Crossroads – Where Will Mortgage Rates and Sales Go from Here? - EP 123
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi dig into the question on every potential home…
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You’re Not Alone: the Cost of Living Has Jumped for Everyone - Summer School Series - EP 122
In this episode of The Economy Podcast™, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi wrap up The REconomy Summer School series by…
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The “Missing Middle” May Hold the Key to Unlocking the Housing Affordability Crisis - Summer School Series - EP 121
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi continue the REconomy Summer…
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Understanding the Supply Side Challenges – Why Can’t We Build More Homes Where People Want to Live? - Summer School Series - EP 120
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi continue season two of The…
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Why Life Events Still Drive Home-Buying Demand Despite Affordability Challenges - Summer School Series - EP 119
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi reconvene season 2 of The…
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What is the Foundation of Housing Demand in the U.S.? - Summer School Series - EP 118
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi call class back into session…
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Don’t Mistake a Housing Market Wobble for a Crash - EP 117
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine growing concerns…
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The State of Homeownership in 2025 - EP 116
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi commemorate National…
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Are we on the Verge of a Retail Leasing Apocalypse? - EP 115
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder examine the wave…
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Has Market Volatility and Tariff Uncertainty Triggered a Housing Recession? - EP 114
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the impact of recent…
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How CRE Property Owners Are Adapting to Rising Property Insurance Rates - EP 113
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder discuss the impact…
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Are we Heading Toward a Recession? - EP 112
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi analyze the economic question…
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What to Expect from the 2025 Spring Home-Buying Season - EP 111
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi share their thoughts on the…
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Has the Commercial Real Estate Market Finally Turned the Corner? - EP 110
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder discuss what the…
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House Prices and Sales Trends Becoming More Regionally Driven in 2025 - EP 109
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine local housing market…
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How will the Los Angeles Wildfires Impact Housing? - EP 108
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the housing impacts…
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The Changing Economics of Homeowner’s Insurance and What it Means for the Housing Market - EP107
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the dynamics fueling…
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Deciphering the Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate Moves in 2025 - EP 106
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the latest signals…
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Will 2025 Bring a Recovery to the Commercial Real Estate Market? - EP 105
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder turn their…
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2025 Housing Market Outlook - EP 104
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi break out their crystal ball…
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What the Federal Reserve’s ‘Forward Guidance’ Means for the 2025 Housing Market - EP 103
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi explain the Federal Reserve’s…
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The Mysterious Metric that Moves Mortgage Rates - EP 102
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi discuss the mysterious metric…
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The Housing Supply Crisis – Why Can’t We Build More Homes? - EP 101
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi examine the history of…
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Special 100th Episode – Most Frequently Asked Questions, Favorite Predictions, and a Look Ahead to 2025 - EP 100
In this special 100th episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi gather the…
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Glimmers of Light Emerge in the Commercial Real Estate Market - EP 99
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Senior Commercial Economist Xander Snyder explain why there are…
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Urban Economics 101 - REconomy Summer School - EP 98
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, the seventh and final episode in the Summer School series, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and…
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Understanding the Lifecycle of a Mortgage - REconomy Summer School - EP 97
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, the sixth in the “Summer School” series, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist…
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Cracking the Code of House Prices and Affordability - REconomy Summer School - EP 96
In this episode of The REconomy Podcast™ from First American, the fifth in the “Summer School” series, Chief Economist Mark Fleming and Deputy Chief Economist…