Daryl Fairweather

Daryl Fairweather

Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist of Redfin. Her insights have been featured on 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, as well as in the New York Times and Washington Post. 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. Follow Daryl on Twitter @FairweatherPhD.

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Housing Markets That Changed the Most This Decade

From a city with a 161% median home price increase to one with 77% fewer homes for sale, U.S. metros have experienced dramatic housing shifts since 2010 The U.S. housing market is ending the decade in a vastly different place than it began. In 2010, the market was in the middle of its greatest downturn

Tech Companies Want to Improve Housing Affordability — Which May be Just as Much a Business Strategy as a Community Initiative

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