Over the past few months, newspaper headlines have highlighted the historic drop in Bay Area rents. Meanwhile, the sale prices for home across the Bay Area have reached new highs. What might these trends mean for the Bay Area housing market? How might these trends affect dynamics between homebuyers and sellers? Join SPUR and Cheryl Young, Senior Economist at Zillow, for an in-depth analysis and discussion of real estate and consumer trends in the Bay Area.
Cheryl Young, Senior Economist, Zillow
Cheryl Young is a Senior Economist at Zillow. Prior to joining Zillow Group, she was a consultant with the World Bank’s Urban Development Unit. She has also served as an associate with Bankable Frontier Associates’ housing finance practice, led a housing research program at the Centre for Development Finance—a think-tank in India and was a project manager for New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Cheryl holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from U.C. Berkeley, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. from Columbia University. She currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.