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Thom holds the position of professional, economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at CoreLogic. He is responsible for analyzing housing markets and home price trends. He has an extensive background in urban and real estate economics and applied econometrics.
Before joining CoreLogic, he held positions at the University of Virginia, Georgia Tech, and Harvard University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics and history at the University of Auckland, his master’s degree in economics from Tufts University and his doctorate in urban planning and development from the University of Southern California.
Is 2021 the hottest real estate market ever? According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI), annual U.S. appreciation rates from April to September have been at their highest since the inception of the index. CoreLogic’s public records data shows 2021 is easily on pace to be the first year where total residential housing transactions will exceed $2 trillion
More money is being spent on real estate than ever before.
2021 is shaping up to be a very different year for investors than 2020. After pulling back their market activity at the onset of the
2020 altered and realigned the real estate market in many ways, but aside from a brief blip, things have remained business as usual for house flippers.
Investor activity in real estate markets during the COVID-19 pandemic has mirrored the market as a whole.
In November 2018, Amazon surprisingly announced that it would be developing its second headquarters in not one but two locations: Crystal City, Virginia, and Long
