LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: Two-day economic summit on housing and residential real
estate markets entitled, "The Housing Bubble: Fact or
Fiction?". More than two dozen speakers and panelists are
scheduled to participate in this summit, the first event of
its kind to bring together in one location this many
nationally and internationally known economists, academics,
and business leaders who specialize in the housing and
residential real estate markets.
SPEAKERS:
- Keynote speaker is Yale University economist and housing
market expert Robert Shiller, who has been likened to a
modern-day Nostradamus because he predicted the recent stock
market crash in his best-selling book, "Irrational
Exuberance."
- Nicolas Retsinas, director, Harvard University's Joint
Center for Housing Studies.
- Barbara Corcoran, known as the "Queen of New York Real
Estate," and CEO of the Corcoran Group.
- Bradley Inman, publisher, Inman News.
- Ken Goldstein, economist, The Conference Board.
- Kathy Whatley, president, National Association of Realtors.
- Bob Moles, chief executive officer, Cendant Real Estate
Franchise Group.
- Doug Duncan, chief economist, Mortgage Bankers Association
of America.
- Amy Crews Cutts, principal economist, Freddie Mac.
- Ron Peltier, CEO, HomeServices of America, a Berkshire
Hathaway affiliate.
- Chris Larsen, CEO, E-LOAN.
- Leslie Appleton-Young, chief economist, California
Association of Realtors.
- Raphael Bostic, Professor, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.
- Bruce Schroder, chief executive officer, HomeGain.
- Patrick Stone, chief executive office, Fidelity National
Information Solutions.
- Christopher Cagan, PhD, director of research and analytics,
First American Real Estate Solutions.
WHEN: January 16-17, 2003
WHERE: Century Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles
MEDIA
MATERIALS: Complete press kits, news releases, graphs,
charts, photos and related materials will be available
throughout the two-day conference.
MEDIA
RESOURCES: Press room will be available during the summit.
Speakers and panelists, as well as attendees, will be
available for interviews, briefings, etc. Coordination of
interviews will be coordinated through Inman News staff
members in the press room.
MEDIA RSVP: Members of the media are requested to alert summit
officials of their plans to attend as far in advance of
the conference as possible by contacting the Inman News
media relations counsel listed below.