Zillow’s second housing forum on “California’s Housing Market: Navigating the Post-Bottom Landscape,”took place in San Francisco at the Palace Hotel. A live webcast was held and the on-demand video of the event will be available on Monday. More information is available on our housing forum site here.
The event used the hashtag #CAhousing on Twitter.
Agenda:
8 a.m.: Breakfast
8:30 a.m.: Welcome: Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff
8:40 a.m.: Keynote Speech: Carol Galante, Acting FHA Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing
9:15 a.m.: Overview of the Nation’s Housing Market: Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries
9:30 a.m.: Panel 1: Is it a Good Time to Buy in California?: The Housing Market’s New Normal
- Moderated by Colleen Edwards, Owner, EMC Creative
- John Burns, CEO, John Burns Real Estate Consulting
- Eric Gutshall, President and COO, Haven Realty Capital
- Mark Hanson, Mark Hanson Advisors
- Bert Selva, President and CEO, Shea Homes
10:30 a.m.: Break
10:45 a.m.: Panel 2: Taxing a Recovering Housing Market: Prop 13, the Mortgage Interest Deduction and other Issues
- Moderated by Julie Schmit, Reporter, USA Today
- Jason Gold, Director and Senior Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute
- Richard Green, Director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
- Dowell Myers, Professor, Director, Population Dynamics Research Group. USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
- Christopher Thornberg, Founding Partner, Beacon Economics
11:45 a.m.: Closing Remarks, Adjourn and Networking