On December 15th, 2021, NAR held a virtual economic and real estate summit that provided a year-end review of 2021 and outlook on the real estate market and the economy for the year to come.
Summit Discussion Topics
- Economic Outlook
- Housing Market Outlook
- Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
- Home Buyer Preferences, Demographics, and Challenges
- Commercial Market Outlook
Materials From the Forecast Summit
- News release:
- Presentation slides
- Economic and Real Estate Outlook, presented by Lawrence Yun
- Home Buyers, Sellers, and Demographics, presented by Jessica Lautz
- Full video recording
Agenda
The summit featured a consensus forecast, a keynote, presentation of findings from NAR’s annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and three panel discussions:
- Housing Market Outlook
- Home Buyer Preferences, Demographics, and Challenges
- Commercial Market Outlook
Speakers
NAR Leaders
- Leslie Rouda Smith, 2022 President, National Association of REALTORS®
- Bob Goldberg, CEO, National Association of REALTORS®
Keynote Speaker
- Todd M. Richardson, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research, HUD
Panelists
- James Breeze, Senior Director and Global Head of Logistics Research, CBRE
- Matt Carrier, Vice President of Innovation Policy & Research, American Hotel and Lodging Association
- Richard Fry, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center
- Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., CEO, Manufactured Housing Institute
- Danielle Hale, Chief Economist, realtor.com
- Ken H. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Florida Atlantic University
- Jessica Lautz, Ph.D., Vice President of Demographics and Behavioral Insights, National Association of REALTORS®
- Andre Perry, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings-Metropolitan Policy Program
- Vanessa Perry, Ph.D., Nonresident Fellow, Urban Institute and Professor of Marketing, GWU School of Business
- Rebecca Rockey, Global Head of Analysis and Forecasting, Cushman and Wakefield
- Issi Romem, Ph.D., Founder, MetroSight and Fellow, Terner Center, UC Berkeley
- Caitlin Sugrue Walter, Ph.D., Vice-President, Research, National Multifamily Housing Council
- Naa Awaa Tagoe, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Housing Mission and Goals
- Lori Trawinski, Ph.D., Director, Finance and Employment, AARP Public Policy Institute
- Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder, Coresight Research
- Lawrence Yun, Ph.D., Chief Economist, National Association of REALTORS®
