Mortgage Rates Hit 2026 High, Trump Pressures The Fed, & Real Estate Faces A Huge Problem

In this episode, Amy Stockberger, founder of Amy Stockberger Real Estate and creator of Lifetime Home Support™, joins Byron Lazine and Lisa Chinatti to discuss the jobs report and government spending, how agents can adapt to a higher rate market, and why building an end-to-end client experience could become a major advantage in real estate.

⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 – 02:29 Intro
03:22 Mortgage Rates Surge to 2026 High of 6.71%
04:00 A Blowout Jobs Report Just Flipped the Fed’s Rate Odds
09:29 JD Vance and Trump Pressure the Fed
12:06 Why Government Spending Is Keeping Treasury Yields High
13:56 Build Your Business Before the Market Comes Back
17:10 Byron Doesn’t See a Housing Tailwind in 2027 or 2028
23:42 How to Outperform Your Local Real Estate Market
27:18 Fathom Deal Hits Turbulence as CEO Issues Surface
29:03 Inside Bed Bath & Beyond’s End to End Strategy
32:48 Why Most Real Estate Referral Advice Doesn’t Work
40:18 The Missing “Uber Eats for Contractors”
42:49 Brokers Say Agent Professionalism Is Real Estate’s #1 Problem
47:18 “We Are the Biggest Threat to Ourselves”: Real Estate’s Self Governance Problem