New Homes, Hidden Problems: Hunterbrook Media Exposes Construction Defects and Mortgage Steering

About this episode

In this episode, Sam Koppelman discusses Hunterbrook Media's investigations into construction defects and mortgage steering in the real estate industry.

We're Back! Did you miss us? In this eye-opening episode, we sit down with Sam Koppelman, Publisher of Hunterbrook Media, to discuss their groundbreaking investigative work exposing some of the biggest names in real estate. Sam takes us inside their investigations into DR Horton and Lennar's construction nightmares, where new homebuyers discovered serious defects in properties they thought were their dream homes. We explore Hunterbrook's reporting on UWM and the mortgage broker referral...

People in this episode

Host: Wendy

Guest: Sam Koppelman

Topics covered

• construction defects
• real estate investigations
• mortgage steering
• homebuyer issues
• property defects

Keywords

• construction defects
• real estate
• mortgage steering
• homebuyers
• investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hunterbrook Media, DR Horton, Lennar, UWM

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