{"podcast":{"title":"Real Estate News: Real Estate Investing Podcast","slug":"real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472","podcast_index_feed_id":217472,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/449046/rss","website_url":"https://realwealth.com/real-estate-news-for-investors-podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/d/f/2/3df2fda0d0174eb6d959afa2a1bf1c87/cover_3000x3000px.jpg","author":"Kathy Fettke / RealWealth","episode_count":893,"summary":"Don't get caught off guard by market crashes that can take all your money down with them. And don't miss out on markets where you can build wealth practically overnight. Real Estate News for Investors with Kathy Fettke is the premiere source for savvy real estate investors who want to stay up-to-date on new laws, regulations, and economic events that affect real estate. Topics include: market trends, economic analysis that affects housing prices, updates on the best rental markets for investing in single-family rentals or multi-unit rentals, turn-key housing standards, the fate of the highly revered 1031 exchange and other tax law affecting investors, self-directed IRA investing and 401k changes, where rents and property values are rising or falling, flipping risks, new Dodd-Frank rules regarding private lending and financing standards, areas with job losses vs job growth, areas that are overbuilt or over-supplied versus areas with low supply and high demand, and how to avoid real esta...","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T00:19:21.308275+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472"},"episode":{"title":"HUD Drops Energy Code Rule, Builders Save Up to $31K","slug":"hud-drops-energy-code-rule-builders-save-up-to-31k","published_at":"2026-05-03T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/hud-drops-energy-code-rule-builders-save-up-to-31k","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472","url":"https://realwealth.com/real-estate-news-for-investors-podcast/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/4f81dee6-e57b-48d5-94b4-33ff3032a868/fha.mp3?dest-id=3767799","summary":"Could a major policy shift in Washington make housing more affordable and unlock new supply? In this episode, Kathy Fettke breaks down a major move by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to roll back a 2024 building code requirement tied to FHA and USDA financing. The agencies say the rule was adding as much as $20,000 to $31,000 to the cost of building a new home. Now that mandate has been rescinded. What does this mean for homebuilders, first-time buyers, lenders, and real estate investors? Kathy explores how this policy change could impact housing supply, build-to-rent opportunities, rural development, affordability, and the future of entry-level housing. If you invest in real estate or follow housing policy, this is one update you will want on your radar. 🏠Want to learn more? Visit www.Newsforinvestors.com . Source: https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-029","meta_description":"Could a major policy shift in Washington make housing more affordable and unlock new supply? In this episode, Kathy Fettke breaks down a major move by the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":191,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/episodes/hud-drops-energy-code-rule-builders-save-up-to-31k/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/hud-drops-energy-code-rule-builders-save-up-to-31k.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}