Our housing choices, where and how we live, are changing. The pandemic experience, affordability issues, shifting work patterns, transportation preferences, and environmental concerns are impacting the different housing decisions of the retiring baby boomer generation, the maturing millennial generation, and the new Gen Z generation of homebuyers.
Join the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship of the George Mason University School of Business as we host a lecture by Dr. Jessica Lautz, the Vice President of Demographics and Behavioral Insights at the National Association of REALTORS®, on trends in housing demand.
February 2, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
(Zoom webinar links will be send out a week before the event)
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Lautz - Vice President of Demographics and Behavioral Insights at the National Association of REALTORS®
Dr. Jessica Lautz is Vice President of Demographics and Behavioral Insights at the National Association of REALTORS®. The core of her research focuses on analyzing trends for both NAR members and housing consumers. Through management of surveys, focus groups and data analysis, she presents new and innovative ways to showcase results. Jessica discusses research findings in major media outlets and international presentations. In 2021, Dr. Lautz was named one of Housing Wire’s Women of Influence, a list representing 100 of the most influential women in leadership in the housing industry. She also volunteers at Nottingham Trent University as an industry fellow mentoring real estate graduate students.
Jessica received her Doctorate of Real Estate from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. She also holds a Master’s in Public Policy from American University and undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Law and Justice from Central Washington University.