Jun 23, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
In this episode of **The NAMB Podcast**, host Ginger Bell sits down with Don Chiesa, Vice President of the Western Division at Newrez Wholesale, to discuss the opportunities available in today’s…
Don ChiesaGuest
Ginger BellHost
Looking ahead for the coming year, what trends are you seeing in the market that And how is NewRaz wholesale preparing brokers for success in today's evolving lending environment and what we're seeing?

So we continue to look at things like Vantage or we also look are rolling out later this month, the ability for the broker to pull credit through us because that's probably their biggest upfront expense.

Look at call us up, talk to us because we want to make sure that we can lower your expense.

So we continue to look at buy down programs and making sure that our brokers are educated around buy downs.

But we keep talking about these first time homebuyers, especially on the builder side of the business.

We see a lot of people offering 2-1s or even 3-2-1 on FHA, because while you're qualifying that client, giving them some relief during that first or first and second year, that's going to give them that window for maybe rates to settle back down and refinance.

But those are some of the things we try to look at as we're just continuing to try to figure out how can we make it easier in the current environment for people to originate loans.

Looking ahead for the coming year, what trends are you seeing in the market that And how is NewRaz wholesale preparing brokers for success in today's evolving lending environment and what we're seeing?

So we continue to look at things like Vantage or we also look are rolling out later this month, the ability for the broker to pull credit through us because that's probably their biggest upfront expense.

Look at call us up, talk to us because we want to make sure that we can lower your expense.

So we continue to look at buy down programs and making sure that our brokers are educated around buy downs.

But we keep talking about these first time homebuyers, especially on the builder side of the business.

We see a lot of people offering 2-1s or even 3-2-1 on FHA, because while you're qualifying that client, giving them some relief during that first or first and second year, that's going to give them that window for maybe rates to settle back down and refinance.

But those are some of the things we try to look at as we're just continuing to try to figure out how can we make it easier in the current environment for people to originate loans.
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