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The CEO of a $1.4 Billion REIT Explains the Surprising Year in Housing

When COVID hit, people had visions of a plunge in home prices and a massive wave of evictions.

The CEO of a $1.4 Billion REIT Explains the Surprising Year in Housing
Homes stand near the coast in an aerial photograph taken over Merrick, New York, U.S.(Photographer: Johnny Milano/Bloomberg)

Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance, and economics.

When COVID hit, people had visions of a plunge in home prices and a massive wave of evictions. So far, that largely hasn’t played out. On this episode, we speak with Ivan Kaufman, the CEO of Arbor Realty Trust, a $1.4 billion player in the real estate finance market, about what’s going on, and how the industry has weathered the storm.

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