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Zillow to Host Housing Forum in Washington, D.C.; Featured Speakers Include Jason Furman and Rep. Ed Perlmutter

"The Big Picture: A Longer Term Perspective on Housing" Scheduled for Jul. 24 at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum

Jul 22, 2014

SEATTLE, July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

What:

Zillow®, the leading real estate and home-related marketplace will bring together an esteemed group of national real estate experts, influencers and policy makers to address the growing influence of the millennial generation in the market, discuss the impact of rising mortgage rates and investigate how New Urbanism ideals are influencing urban and suburban design 40 years after their introduction.




Additional event information and a full agenda can be found here: http://www.zillow.com/education/housingforum/july2014/.



When & Where:

The Big Picture: A Longer Term Perspective on Housing

Thursday, July 24, 2014

8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., The Knight Conference Center at the Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C. 20001




Who:

U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)


Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers


Thomas Bozzuto, Chairman and CEO, The Bozzuto Group


Mollie Carmichael, Principal, John Burns Real Estate Consulting


Wendell Cox, Principal, Demographia


Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist, Senior Vice President of Research and IndustryTechnology, Mortgage Bankers Association


Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard


Stan Humphries, Chief Economist, Zillow


Dowell Myers, Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California


John Norquist, John DeGrove Eminent Scholar, Florida Atlantic University's College of Design and Social Inquiry


Spencer Rascoff, Chief Executive Officer, Zillow


Christopher Thornberg, Founding Partner, Beacon Economics


Joseph Tracy, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York


Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research, National Association of Realtors



Twitter:

Follow the conversation on Twitter® with hashtag #HousingFuture.



Live-stream:

The full-day forum will be live-streamed here: http://www.zillow.com/education/housingforum/july2014/.



Media Interviews:

To attend this event or to schedule media interviews following the event, please contact Zillow's communications department at 206-757-2701 or email press@zillow.com. Non-media can register for this free event here: https://zillow-housing-forum-2014.eventbrite.com.

About Zillow:
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) operates the largest home-related marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals. In addition, Zillow operates an industry-leading economics and analytics bureau led by Zillow's Chief Economist Dr. Stan Humphries. Dr. Humphries and his team of economists and data analysts produce extensive housing data and research covering more than 450 markets at Zillow Real Estate Research. Zillow also sponsors the quarterly Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey, which asks more than 100 leading economists, real estate experts and investment and market strategists to predict the path of the Zillow Home Value Index over the next five years. Zillow also sponsors the bi-annual Zillow Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI) which measures consumer confidence in local housing markets, both currently and over time. The Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgage MarketplaceZillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®, Mortech®, HotPads™,  StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Zillow.com, Zillow, Zestimate, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions, StreetEasy, Agentfolio and Digs are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. HotPads and Retsly are trademarks of Zillow, Inc.

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For further information: Camille Salama, Zillow, 206-757-2701 or press@zillow.com