So we're set up this summer for the mother of all bidding war seasons at least in these

outlying areas.

There's nothing to sell and there's so many people who want to buy. They're emboldened by the stock market and the low rates.

Welcome to the Barron Streetwise Podcast. I'm Jack Howe. The voice you just heard, that's Glenn Kelman. He's the CEO of Redfin, a real estate broker.

We'll talk with Glenn in a moment about the outlook for home buying amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. We'll also hear from the CEO of the

fifth largest U.S. Home Builder, and I'll rant a little bit about gold. Listening in as always is our audio producer Meta Lutzoff.

Hi Meta.

Hey Jay.

So we have this very simple plan.

Let's do a podcast about finance and we'll keep it light, kind of like my streetwise column in

Barron's magazine. We have these lovely studios in the middle of Manhattan to

record in. Yep, great microphones. And so we put a date on the calendar to start at the end of March, right?

And then things got more complicated.

Yeah, to say the least.

And I've been stuck home in a suburb of New York City with a couple of kids and I could complain about what a hassle that's been but you're in New York City which is basically the country's epicenter of this pandemic.

You've told me that you have a smallish apartment and now you have two people. of this

pandemic, you've told me that you have a smallish apartment

and now you have two people working from there.

Is it driving you crazy?

Yeah, sometimes one of us will go to the hallway

and sit on a lawn chair and work from there.

I'm thinking about the lawn chair and what's funny about it is that people always

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