Speaker Topic & Bio
TOPIC: Trends in the U.S. and Pacific Northwest Housing Markets
The housing market is experiencing a renewed sense of momentum after slowing in late 2018 and early 2019. Supported by lower mortgage interest rates and historically low unemployment, housing demand is once again outpacing housing supply. In this talk, Daryl Fairweather—the Chief Economist at Redfin—will detail current conditions nationally as well as in the Seattle metro area. Her talk will touch on migration trends with an eye toward inventory, pricing and housing affordability conditions.
BIO:
Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist of Redfin. Prior to joining Redfin she was a senior economist at Amazon working on problems related to employee engagement and managing a team of analysts. During the housing crisis, Daryl worked as a researcher at the Boston Fed studying why homeowners entered foreclosure. Daryl received her Bachelor's of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in economics at the University of Chicago where she specialized in behavioral economics.
The housing market is experiencing a renewed sense of momentum after slowing in late 2018 and early 2019. Supported by lower mortgage interest rates and historically low unemployment, housing demand is once again outpacing housing supply. In this talk, Daryl Fairweather—the Chief Economist at Redfin—will detail current conditions nationally as well as in the Seattle metro area. Her talk will touch on migration trends with an eye toward inventory, pricing and housing affordability conditions.
BIO:
Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist of Redfin. Prior to joining Redfin she was a senior economist at Amazon working on problems related to employee engagement and managing a team of analysts. During the housing crisis, Daryl worked as a researcher at the Boston Fed studying why homeowners entered foreclosure. Daryl received her Bachelor's of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in economics at the University of Chicago where she specialized in behavioral economics.