Join us to stay ahead of the curve and make informed decisions in the ever-evolving environment by taking a wide view on trends across one of the biggest and most important areas of the economy.
Housing markets are at a critical juncture. In the single-family sector, potential homebuyers face higher interest rates, elevated home prices, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, while many homeowners remain reluctant to sell because of the low mortgage rates locked in on their existing properties. In multifamily, property owners and lenders are grappling with the effects of higher interest rates, regional supply imbalances, and affordability challenges that are testing market fundamentals.
Join Moody's Ratings analysts for a two-part webinar series exploring the latest developments in these key housing sectors. From single-family housing to multifamily finance, our experts will provide a comprehensive overview of what's driving market performance today and share their outlook for issuers and investors in the year ahead.
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Jody Shenn is a Vice President – Senior Analyst in the Structured Finance Group at Moody’s Ratings. Mr. Shenn specializes in producing research across a range of both consumer and commercial asset securitization sectors. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2015, Mr. Shenn spent nine years covering residential mortgages, securitization and other fixed-income market topics as a journalist at Bloomberg News. Prior to that, Mr. Shenn worked as a reporter and/or editor at publications including American Banker, The Wall Street Journal and The Southampton Press. He is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
Griselda Bisono is a Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group (CFG). She joined Moody’s Homebuilding team in 2018 and has lead analyst responsibility for a portfolio of homebuilding and building products companies. In addition to regularly authoring industry research, Griselda leads outreach and engagement efforts for the Homebuilding team and frequently participates in high-profile events including investor roundtables, webinars, third-party conferences and media engagements.
Griselda represents the CFG Homebuilding team in Moody’s US Cross-Sector Housing and Housing Finance Group, which focuses on the development of topical cross-sector research and investor outreach.She also contributes her expertise to Moody’s Homebuilding MIND group, which aims to foster thought leadership and develop cross-regional research.
Previously, Griselda was a member of the REIT team for 13 years where she covered a portfolio of REITs and other commercial property firms in a variety of real estate subsectors within the US, Canada and Latin America. She also previously held a variety of roles in Moody’s Finance group.
Griselda holds a B.A. in Accounting from St. Joseph’s University and an M.B.A. from Baruch College, ZicklinSchool of Business. She is also fluent in English and Spanish.
Andrew MacDonald is a Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Andrew joined Moody’s Services Team in 2020 and is responsible for a portfolio of companies in the Business and Consumer Services industries. During his time at Moody’s prior to this role, Andrew supported the credit analysis of speculative grade companies in the Manufacturing, Construction, Business and Consumer Services, and Distribution industries on the High Yield Team. Before joining Moody’s in November 2009, Andrew was a Financial Analyst at The Blackstone Group. Andrew received a BBA in Finance from James Madison University.
Masako Oshima is a Senior Vice President in the Structured Finance Group focusing on surveillance of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities in the U.S. market at Moody’s Ratings. Prior to her current role starting in August 2021, Masako was responsible for surveillance of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities and Consumer ABS in EMEA region for 7 years. Masako first joined Moody’s in 2007 as VP-Senior Credit Officer in the Structured Finance Group, where she performed rating and monitoring of ABCP programs in the EMEA region. Prior to joining Moody’s, Masako worked in the London, New York, Chicago, Tokyo Offices of JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor organizations in a series of risk management functions covering a broad range of capital market products including securitization transactions funded in ABCP conduits. Before re-joining Moody’s in 2014, Masako was head of Structured Finance Stress Testing at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, responsible for the stress testing of the global structured finance portfolio. Masako is a CFA charter holder and holds MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, AZ and BA from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
Norah covers a portfolio of US regional banks and specialty finance companies. Previously Norah worked as a Rating Associate assisting lead analysts with the ratings of US regional banks, global investment banks and securities firms.
Norah holds a Bachelor of Science from Stern School of Business of New York University.
5+ years’ professional experience (all at Moody’s Ratings).
Darrell Wheeler leads CMBS and CRE CLO research at Moody’s Ratings, with over 30 years in commercial real estate and securitization research. He has developed innovative mortgage models, managed structured finance research at top firms including Cantor Fitzgerald, S&P Global Ratings, and Citigroup, and received multiple accolades, such as repeated Institutional Investors poll rankings. Darrell is also an active contributor and editorial board member for CREFC’s E-primer.
Lu Chen is Director of Housing Research at Moody’s Analytics. Her research focuses on single-family and multifamily housing markets, housing affordability, affordable housing, senior and student housing, urban migration, and regional commercial real estate performance. Her insights have been featured in major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, and PBS.
Lori Marks is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Ratings’ Corporate Finance Group responsible for a portfolio of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies across a variety of property types. Lori has extensive commercial real estate experience and has been with Moody’s REITs team for the entire duration of her career at Moody’s, which began in 2003. Prior to Moody’s, Lori was a sell-side equity research associate covering REITs at Deutsche Bank and, prior to that, Prudential Securities. Lori received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Deryk Meherik is an Executive Director in Moody’s Structured Finance Group. Deryk is the team lead overseeing the review of primary US CRE CDO/CLO transactions and also contributes to research and methodology development for CRE CDO/CLO products.
He has authored or co-authored three global rating methodologies, including those for structured finance CDOs, SF resecuritizations, and SF interest-only securities. Prior to his current position, Deryk was a lead analyst in the primary CRE team, rating a variety of fixed and floating rate CMBS and CRE CDO transactions, as well as assisting with primary SC MM and BSL CLO deals.
Before joining Moody’s, Deryk was a CRE acquisition and research analyst for a private New York-based real estate firm. He holds a dual M.S. in civil engineering and real estate development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.A. from the University of Calgary.
Omar Ouzidane is a Vice President in Moody’s Public Finance Housing & State Revolving Funds Team. He serves as a rating committee member and chair. He is also a lead analyst for a wide range of credits that span across all sectors covered by the team. These include state and local housing finance agency bond programs, state revolving funds programs, and project finance credits. Prior to moving into his current role, Omar was a member of the U.S. Public Infrastructure Team where he was responsible for the assessment and rating of a portfolio of U.S. toll road, airport, mass transit, state revolving funds and solid waste sectors. Omar holds a B.A. from Baruch College and a M.S. from Pace University.
