Dialogue chapters
01:38 – The Accidental Real Estate Analyst
04:15 – The Death of Bear Stearns
06:24 – Why CNBC Believed the Numbers
08:52 – Is 2026 Another 2008?
12:17 – What Rising Distress Means for Mortgage Servicers
15:05 – What Rising Distress Means for Default Professionals
19:35 -The Third Year of a Five-Year Reset
25:40 – A Teetering Point for Affordability
28:31 – Building Our Way Out of a Supply Shortage
31:31 – Slaying the Wall Street Dragon Ain’t Going to Save the Housing Supply Princess
35:26 – The Best State for Investors
The housing market is sending mixed signals. In the latest Disposition Dialogue, Rick Sharga, Founder and CEO of CJ Patrick Company, joins Daren Blomquist for a grounded discussion on what has changed since the last cycle, where pressure is building now, and where disposition professionals should focus next.
Watch the conversation to hear Rick’s perspective on:
- Why today’s market conditions are not a replay of 2008
- What the broader housing market outlook could mean for distressed volume
- Whether proposals to ban institutional investors would improve affordability or create unintended supply constraints
- Why local market trends may matter more than national headlines in the months ahead
“The rise in foreclosure activity we’re seeing today is really just a reversion to the mean, but we’re still way, way below historically average levels of foreclosures,” said Sharga.
Watch the full conversation for a practical, data-driven look at the housing market’s past, present, and future.