Bringing the Best Real Estate Perspectives
On December 10th, 2020, NAR held a virtual Economic and Real Estate Summit that provided a year-end review and outlook on the post-election real estate market and the economy.
Summit Discussion Topics
- 2020 year-end review of real estate market performance
- 2021 and beyond real estate market expectations
- Challenges and risks facing the real estate industry
- Residential and commercial real estate markets
- Topical public policy measures
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Panels
The summit featured a consensus forecast, a keynote, and four panels:
- Economic Outlook
- Commercial
- Residential
- Demographics
Speakers
NAR Leaders
- Bob Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of REALTORS®
- Charlie Oppler, 2021 President, National Association of REALTORS®
- Leslie Rouda Smith, 2021 President-elect, National Association of REALTORS®
- Kenny Parcell, 2021 First Vice President, National Association of REALTORS®
- Nancy Lane, 2021 Treasurer, National Association of REALTORS®
Panelists
- David Berson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Nationwide Mutual
- John Burns, Chief Executive Officer, John Burns Real Estate Consulting
- Richard Fry, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center
- Danielle Hale, Chief Economist, realtor.com®
- Rodney Harrell, Ph.D., Vice President, Family, Home and Community, AARP
- Jessica Lautz, Ph.D., Vice President, Demographics and Behavioral Insights, National Association of REALTORS®
- Jim Parrott, Nonresident Fellow, Urban Institute, and Co-owner of Parrott Ryan Advisors
- Dana Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board
- Igor Popov, Ph.D., Chief Economist, ApartmentList.com
- Jeanette Rice, Head of Multifamily Research, CBRE
- Nela Richardson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, ADP
- Timothy H. Savage, Ph.D., Professor, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate and Distinguished Fellow, NAIOP Research Foundation
- Ali Wolf, Chief Economist, Meyers Research
- Lawrence Yun, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research, National Association of REALTORS®
Moderators
- Lisa Brown, The Marketing Lab, and Contributing Writer for GlobeSt.com and other publications
- Natalie Campisi, Senior Housing and Mortgage Reporter, Forbes Advisor
- Nicole Friedman, Reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Sarah Paynter, Yahoo Finance
