Recorded on June 23 2026 at NRS Studios
Andy Millette sits down with housing analyst Melody Wright for a hard look at the U.S. housing market, FHA delinquencies, foreclosure timing, commercial real estate stress, private credit, regional banks, and the markets she believes are already showing distress. Melody explains why housing does not usually collapse in one clean event, but instead moves slowly through waves of delinquency, forced selling, sentiment change, and credit pressure.
In this interview, Melody warns that distress is no longer only a local story in places like Atlanta, Florida, Texas, Austin, and parts of California. She argues that Q4 and Q1 could become key periods for defaults, FHA borrowers running out of options, distressed selling, and pressure spreading through commercial real estate and private credit. Andy and Melody also discuss institutional housing sellers, the long end of the rate curve, VantageScore, refinancing hopes, property taxes, insurance costs, and why some homeowners may not get the price they still believe their house is worth.
This conversation is for viewers tracking housing, mortgage stress, real estate cycles, commercial property, regional banking exposure, and the broader economic signals coming out of the U.S. housing market. #Millettian
Key topics discussed
FHA delinquency and loss mitigation programs
Why Melody says Q4 is setting up to be ugly
Q1 default pressure and borrower exhaustion
Early stage delinquency showing up out of season
Why housing moves like the Titanic turning
Atlanta housing pressure and fast Georgia foreclosure timelines
Florida, Texas, Austin, California, Midwest, and South housing trends
Why Melody says hide and rent right now
Institutional home sellers and fire selling
Blackstone, private credit, and regional bank exposure
Commercial real estate vacancy and the hard debt maturity wall
Property taxes, insurance, electricity, and replacement costs
Why the long end of the rate curve matters more than the Fed
VantageScore, refinancing hopes, and household debt burdens
Housing as shelter versus housing as investment
Guest links
Melody Wright Substack
https://m3melody.substack.com/
Melody Wright X
https://x.com/m3_melody
Melody Wright YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@m3_melody
Host Andy Millette Natural Resource Stocks
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Chapters
00:00 Housing distress goes national
00:59 Andy welcomes Melody Wright
01:31 FHA delinquencies and guardrails
02:40 Why nobody is screaming yet
03:36 Early stage delinquency out of season
06:16 Housing seasonality explained
08:08 Q4 and Q1 warning
09:39 When sellers get motivated
10:25 Atlanta housing pressure
14:37 Rates, the Fed, and the bond market
17:38 Housing hot spots nationwide
20:20 Hide and rent right now
21:09 Housing affordability doom loop
22:58 Institutional investors and fire selling
25:47 Private credit and regional bank pressure
26:08 Commercial real estate debt wall
28:15 Atlanta taxes and economic slowdown
30:37 Where to follow Melody Wright
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