Housing Insiders
Housing Insiders

Housing Insiders

Jonathan Lawless and Jeremy Potter

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The housing market is wonky. From policy changes to financial innovations to pilot projects that make housing more plentiful and affordable, there's a ton of "inside baseball" to discuss and take action on. Each episode, hear the latest developments and trends in home building and home financing - from "sticks-and-bricks" to AI - and learn what you can do to improve the housing industry. Hosted by housing market thought leaders Jonathan Lawless and Jeremy Potter, and featuring interviews with disruptive guests across the housing industry. If you want to see everyone well-housed, tune in. Jonathan Lawless has spent his career promoting innovative solutions to expand access to credit and affordable housing, serving in leadership roles at Fannie Mae and Pathway Homes. He is currently the Head of Homeownership at Bilt Rewards, the first loyalty program that allows customers to earn points when paying their rent. Jeremy Potter is an attorney who led Quicken Loans' Capital Markets Strategy and Innovation team. He also served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Norcom Mortgage and currently is Chief Strategist for IncentiFind, connecting real estate developers with green energy incentives.

Recent Episodes

Zoning, GSEs, and the Housing Squeeze: The Bipartisan Policy Center's Dennis Shea
DEC 8, 2025
Zoning, GSEs, and the Housing Squeeze: The Bipartisan Policy Center's Dennis Shea

Dennis Shea is the Executive Vice President and Chair of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). His past work with the Bipartisan Center includes serving as a consultant to the BPC's blue-ribbon Housing Commission and its Senior Health and Housing Task Force. Hear what the government should be focusing on to make housing more affordable, what's holding up zoning reform, the most game-changing (or not) pieces of housing legislation in the works, what's next for GSEs, and why we're truly in a moment where anything can happen in housing.

Whether you're a housing professional or simply care about the future of where we live, Housing Insiders delivers practical ideas for shaping a more accessible, resilient housing ecosystem. Don't miss this episode, and subscribe for more expert insights and actionable solutions.

Email [email protected] with any questions or comments and Subscribe to Housing Insiders on your favorite podcast platform.

This podcast is brought to you by Bilt Rewards

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Inspector Gadgets? Inspectify's Josh Jensen on Simplifying Home Inspections
NOV 10, 2025
Inspector Gadgets? Inspectify's Josh Jensen on Simplifying Home Inspections

Inspectify Co-Founder & CEO Josh Jensen is fed up with the state of property & home inspections. That's why he started his company - a vertically integrated property inspection & underwriting platform. He joins Jonathan Lawless & Jeremy Potter in this fiery episode of Housing Insiders - not Psychology Insiders - to talk the past, present, and future of property & home inspections. Hear who gets home inspections & why, The Taylor Swift Problem in the world of inspections, what needs to change to improve home inspections, how AI could help home inspectors, and the most common things inspections uncover.

Whether you're a housing professional or simply care about the future of where we live, Housing Insiders delivers practical ideas for shaping a more accessible, resilient housing ecosystem. Don't miss this episode, and subscribe for more expert insights and actionable solutions.

Email [email protected] with any questions or comments and Subscribe to Housing Insiders on your favorite podcast platform.

This podcast is brought to you by Bilt Rewards

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54 MIN
Founders in Focus: Vellum Mortgage's Patrick Gardner & Ardley's Nate Den Herder on Building Smarter Lending
OCT 26, 2025
Founders in Focus: Vellum Mortgage's Patrick Gardner & Ardley's Nate Den Herder on Building Smarter Lending

Vellum Mortgage Principal Patrick Gardner and Ardley Founder & CEO Nate Den Herder join their buddies Jonathan Lawless and Jeremy Potter for a special in-person, Horse Soldier Bourbon-fueled edition of Housing Insiders. Gardner founded Vellum Mortgage to provide transparency and speed to borrowers. After working alongside Gardner for more than two years, Den Herder split off from Vellum to found Ardley, an enterprise-level mortgage intelligence and automation platform for lenders. The Fantastic Four attempt to break the mortgage model as we know it, revealing what needs to change to make mortgages better for all. Hear the biggest threat to new technologies in the housing industry, how mortgage companies actually win customers, why nobody can build a digital mortgage, how to crack the decades of systems built around the current mortgage model, and whether you should trust an AI appraiser.

Whether you're a housing professional or simply care about the future of where we live, Housing Insiders delivers practical ideas for shaping a more accessible, resilient housing ecosystem. Don't miss this episode, and subscribe for more expert insights and actionable solutions.

Email [email protected] with any questions or comments and Subscribe to Housing Insiders on your favorite podcast platform.

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85 MIN
ADUs to the Rescue: Villa's Sean Roberts on Offsite Construction & Industrialized Construction
OCT 13, 2025
ADUs to the Rescue: Villa's Sean Roberts on Offsite Construction & Industrialized Construction

Villa CEO Sean Roberts joins Housing Insiders to share the latest & greatest from the world of offsite construction as it relates to ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units). From design to doorbell, Villa's ADUs offer a turnkey solution for primary homes, multifamily developments, and neighborhoods. Hear the most common use cases for ADUs, the pros & cons of offsite construction & industrialized construction, whether panelized construction or volumetric construction has the most potential in housing, what the U.S. home construction industry can learn from the auto industry and homebuilding in other countries, and why we might be giving homebuyers too much choice with home designs.

Whether you're a housing professional or simply care about the future of where we live, Housing Insiders delivers practical ideas for shaping a more accessible, resilient housing ecosystem. Don't miss this episode, and subscribe for more expert insights and actionable solutions.

Email [email protected] with any questions or comments and Subscribe to Housing Insiders on your favorite podcast platform.

This podcast is brought to you by Bilt Rewards

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52 MIN