US Housing & Housing Finance Executive Series
Join us for a series of spotlight discussions with senior leaders from a range of industries with exposure to the booming US housing market, from financial institutions, home builders and housing REITs, to home improvement retailers, real estate brokers, and housing finance agencies.
Join us for a series of spotlight discussions with senior leaders from a range of industries with exposure to the booming US housing market, from financial institutions, home builders and housing REITs, to home improvement retailers, real estate brokers, and housing finance agencies.
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Agenda
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Homebuilding: What Does the Future Hold for the Sector?
- Sustainability of strong demand for single family homes
- Dynamics of first-time and entry-level homebuyer segment
- How is affordability impacting the market?
- Influence of technology on the operating landscape
- Most prominent opportunities and risks for the sector
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12:30
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SpeakersDrew Flahive President Amherst Residential
Natalia Gluschuk Vice President-Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Investors Service
Sang Shin Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, RMBS Moody's Investors Service
Bill W. Wheat Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer D.R. Horton
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Natalia Gluschuk is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Corporate
Finance Group in the US Homebuilding team. Natalia brings extensive analytical
expertise on the Homebuilding and Building Products sectors to this role and holds
lead analyst responsibilities for a portfolio of investment-grade and speculative-grade
issuers.
Since 2018, Natalia has been part of Moody’s US Cross-Sector Housing and Housing
Finance Group that focuses on the development of cross line of business research and
outreach. For more than 10 years, Natalia had been part of Moody’s North America
Refunding Team, conducting refunding risk studies for the corporate sectors in the US
and Canada. Since joining Moody’s in 2006, Natalia has held coverage responsibilities
for a variety of corporate sectors including Homebuilding, Manufacturing, Building
Materials, Consumer Durables, Business and Consumer Services, Wholesale
Distribution, Metals and Mining.
Natalia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Drexel University
with concentrations in Finance and Economics.
Bill W. Wheat is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of D.R. Horton, Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Texas. D.R. Horton has been the largest volume homebuilder in the United States since 2002 and expects to close more than 80,000 new single-family homes in 2021 across its operations in 90 markets and 29 states. D.R. Horton offers homes ranging in price from $150,000 to over $1,000,000, with an average sales price of approximately $300,000 in calendar 2020. D.R. Horton also owns subsidiary companies that provide mortgage, title and insurance services to homebuyers, and it is the majority owner of Forestar, a publicly traded national lot development company. The company is also building a rental housing platform that constructs, leases and sells multi-family and single-family rental communities.
Mr. Wheat has 23 years of experience in the homebuilding industry since joining D.R. Horton in 1998 and has served as the company’s CFO since 2003. Mr. Wheat graduated from Baylor University in 1988 with a business degree in accounting and finance, and he began his professional career at Price Waterhouse followed by The Bombay Company.
Sang Shin is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Investors Service. Mr. Shin has been involved in credit risk analysis in a variety of structured finance transactions,including U.S. residential mortgage-backed securitizations (RMBS) in the US and European Covered Bonds based in London. Prior to joining Moody’s, Mr. Shin worked at Citigroup in Global Capital Markets focusing on RMBS securitizations. Mr. Shin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School with an MBA in Finance and Strategy.
Drew Flahive is President of Amherst, a $9.7bn AUM vertically integrated platform designed to enable scaled investment into single-family homes operated as long-term rentals. Amherst’s mission is to solve the problems of a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for all stakeholders – residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors.
Under Drew’s leadership, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets. Amherst has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 37,00 homes across 30 markets in the U.S. The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team. In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending. Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed industry-leading research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 165,000 residents the firm has served.
Drew joined Amherst in 2015 from Goldman Sachs, where he most recently serving as Managing Director and head of the real estate equity capital markets group. Drew is a graduate from Texas Christian University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Drew Flahive is President of Amherst, a $9.7bn AUM vertically integrated platform designed to enable scaled investment into single-family homes operated as long-term rentals. Amherst’s mission is to solve the problems of a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for all stakeholders – residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors.
Under Drew’s leadership, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets. Amherst has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 37,00 homes across 30 markets in the U.S. The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team. In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending. Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed industry-leading research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 165,000 residents the firm has served.
Drew joined Amherst in 2015 from Goldman Sachs, where he most recently serving as Managing Director and head of the real estate equity capital markets group. Drew is a graduate from Texas Christian University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Natalia Gluschuk is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Corporate
Finance Group in the US Homebuilding team. Natalia brings extensive analytical
expertise on the Homebuilding and Building Products sectors to this role and holds
lead analyst responsibilities for a portfolio of investment-grade and speculative-grade
issuers.
Since 2018, Natalia has been part of Moody’s US Cross-Sector Housing and Housing
Finance Group that focuses on the development of cross line of business research and
outreach. For more than 10 years, Natalia had been part of Moody’s North America
Refunding Team, conducting refunding risk studies for the corporate sectors in the US
and Canada. Since joining Moody’s in 2006, Natalia has held coverage responsibilities
for a variety of corporate sectors including Homebuilding, Manufacturing, Building
Materials, Consumer Durables, Business and Consumer Services, Wholesale
Distribution, Metals and Mining.
Natalia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Drexel University
with concentrations in Finance and Economics.
Sang Shin is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Investors Service. Mr. Shin has been involved in credit risk analysis in a variety of structured finance transactions,including U.S. residential mortgage-backed securitizations (RMBS) in the US and European Covered Bonds based in London. Prior to joining Moody’s, Mr. Shin worked at Citigroup in Global Capital Markets focusing on RMBS securitizations. Mr. Shin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School with an MBA in Finance and Strategy.
Bill W. Wheat is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of D.R. Horton, Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Texas. D.R. Horton has been the largest volume homebuilder in the United States since 2002 and expects to close more than 80,000 new single-family homes in 2021 across its operations in 90 markets and 29 states. D.R. Horton offers homes ranging in price from $150,000 to over $1,000,000, with an average sales price of approximately $300,000 in calendar 2020. D.R. Horton also owns subsidiary companies that provide mortgage, title and insurance services to homebuyers, and it is the majority owner of Forestar, a publicly traded national lot development company. The company is also building a rental housing platform that constructs, leases and sells multi-family and single-family rental communities.
Mr. Wheat has 23 years of experience in the homebuilding industry since joining D.R. Horton in 1998 and has served as the company’s CFO since 2003. Mr. Wheat graduated from Baylor University in 1988 with a business degree in accounting and finance, and he began his professional career at Price Waterhouse followed by The Bombay Company.