Beyond the Buildings

Sep 30, 2026 — In this episode: 2:32 - How agents ease buyer anxiety during dead-air moments in the mortgage process. 3:50 - Why real estate guidance matters most when interest rates require buyers to recalibrate their finances. 6:25 - How real estate pros translate...

Sep 16, 2026 — The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is remapping the physical property landscape, creating a paradox between digital growth and local real-world constraints. While primary data center hubs face severe power grid delays and land scarcity,...

Sep 02, 2026 — Beyond the Buildings host Maiclaire Bolton Smith welcomes Cotality Senior Principal Economist Molly Boesel to examine five common myths about mortgages in the housing market, exploring how grounded data helps clarify today's property landscape. In this...

Aug 19, 2026 — On this episode of Beyond the Buildings, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Cotality's Chief Scientist, Howard Botts, to explore Cotality's 2026 wildfire risk report. In this episode: 1:42 – Why are suburban homes miles from a forest still at...

Aug 05, 2026 — In the latest episode of Beyond the Buildings, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Cotality Chief Economist, Dr. Selma Hepp, and John Burns, founder and CEO of John Burns Research, to explore how built-to-rent communities and shifting investor...

Jul 15, 2026 — In the latest episode of Beyond the Buildings, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Cotality policy experts Russell McIntyre and Chay Halbert to explore what the ROAD to Housing bill really means for the future of the U.S. property market. In...

Jun 24, 2026 — The historical map of natural hazard risk is no longer the best way to navigate. Thirty-two million homeowners — many of whom have long considered their homes outside of hurricane paths — are seeing their perceptions of risk shift. This shift has the...

Jun 10, 2026 — On this episode of Beyond the Buildings, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Amy Gromowski, Cotality's Head of Data Science, to walk through Cotality's new survey and make sense of what homebuyers are actually demanding from housing AI. 01:49 –...

May 27, 2026 — Housing is powered by data, but it’s lived by people. Behind every policy, claim, and property record is a family relying on you when the unexpected happens. In the past, delivering that support often meant navigating slow, manual workflows to find the...

May 13, 2026 — Homeowners are bypassing sales to rent out their properties, effectively becoming accidental landlords. Metros like Dallas, Austin, and Miami are experiencing softened rents due to a massive influx of new multifamily housing supply. Rising non-mortgage...